A&PI Wellness Center Announces Queer Asian and Pacific Islander Pride Scholarship Recipients on July 28, 2004 at LGBT Community Center
(San Francisco, July 15 2004)

Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center (A&PI Wellness Center) will introduce the winners of its annual Queer Asian & Pacific Islander Pride Scholarship in an event on Wednesday, July 28, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., in the Ceremonial Room at the San Francisco Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center, 1800 Market Street (at Octavia), San Francisco.

Ten Bay Area youth have been selected to receive a total of $16,000 in Pride Scholarships. Recipients are A&PI Bay Area residents 22 years of age or younger who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning and, in their applications, expressed a financial need to obtain their educational goals.

The Queer Asian & Pacific Islander Pride Scholarship was launched in 2000 by A&PI Wellness Center, in partnership with the Scholarship’s visionary founder, Edward Cheng Ming Tang, Peninsula Community Foundation, community activists, and queer A&PI youth. A selection committee including A&PI lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or questioning youth and adults reviewed applications and selected scholarship recipients. Committee members were chosen for their diversity in backgrounds and life experiences. Factors considered in scholarship awards include financial need, personal and societal challenges, creativity and originality, and community involvement.

A&PI Wellness Center’s mission is to educate, support, empower, and advocate for A&PI communities—particularly A&PIs living with or at-risk for HIV/AIDS. A&PI Wellness Center is the oldest non-profit HIV/AIDS services organization in North America targeting A&PI communities around sexual health and HIV/AIDS services.

For more information contact:

Sabrina Wu
A&PI Wellness Center
415.292.3420 x315
sabrina@apiwellness.org


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