Dear Safe Schools Coalition Members and Friends:
(1) YSPP house party this Sunday cancelled
(2) Youth who have survived trauma and are able to talk about it -- apply to tell your story on tape -- get a free trip to Washington, DC and a $500 stipend -- apply by Feb 11
(3) Pride Foundation Scholarships (AK, OR, ID, MT, WA) -- Applications must be submitted by THIS MONDAY, Jan 31 @ 5 p.m. PST and can be completed online at www.PrideFoundationScholar.org
(4) Queer Foundation to Offer Three $1,000 College Scholarships for 2011–12 to Top Essayists in Sixth Annual High School Seniors English Essay Contest
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(2) Youth who have survived trauma and are able to talk about it -- apply to tell your story on tape -- get a free trip to Washington, DC and a $500 stipend -- apply by Feb 11
National Mental Health Awareness Day 2011
Washington, D.C.
Vanguard Communications is currently looking for youth and young adults to be a part of SAMHSA's (Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration) Annual National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day 2011 event in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, May
3, 2011 which will focus on Enhancing Resilience for Young People Dealing with Trauma.
The goal is to video tape youth and young adults who are currently in a place where they feel comfortable talking about past experiences with trauma and how they made it through. They are interested in also hearing about who or what was helpful, what
was not as helpful, and inspirational insights of the young persons journey. The recording would begin in March 2011 in order to be edited in time for the May 3rd event.
Youth who are selected to have their story recorded and presented in DC will receive the following:
• $500 honorarium
• An national award of recognition from SAMHSA presented to them during the event
• A trip to Washington, DC with travel, lodging and per diem for the youth and 1 chaperone included
• The opportunity to meet and talk with invited celebrities
The youth and/or young adults interested in being a part of this event should have personal experience with early childhood trauma and have been able to stay resilient through it all. These experiences could be connected with:
• Bullying due to sexual orientation (LGBT)
• Urban violence
• Loss of Parent/Divorce
• Foster Care/Adoption
• Alcohol and/or Drug Abuse
• Family Violence
• Natural Disasters
• Military Families
Trauma is:
• An intense event that threatens or causes harm to a youth’s emotional and physical well-being.
• An intense event that begins outside the youth and happens to the youth and overwhelms their ability to cope.
Resilience is:
• The ability to deal with/handle stress and pressure.
• To cope with everyday challenges
• To bounce back from disappointments, adversity and trauma to develop clear and realistic goals to solve problems.
Please email, mail or fax this application to the following contact:
Marlene Matarese
Innovations Institute
747 West Lombard Street, 4th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 706-6220 fax
For more information, please contact Marlene Matarese at (410) 706-0961
Please submit the application attached no later than Friday, February 11, 2011
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(3) Pride Foundation Scholarships (AK, OR, ID, MT, WA) -- Applications must be submitted by THIS MONDAY, Jan 31 @ 5 p.m. PST and can be completed online at www.PrideFoundationScholar.org
Greetings from Pride Foundation!
Since 1990, more than $2 million in scholarships to support education and leadership development has been awarded to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and straight-ally students. Pride Foundation would like to encourage you to share this excellent
opportunity for students of any age or sexual orientation from Alaska, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Washington who are pursuing any post-secondary education (including community college, public or private colleges & universities, trade apprenticeships, or certificate
programs)! There are fifty different types of scholarships with awards up to $10,000 - but only one web-based application to complete!
If you would like to learn more about this history and mission of our organization, please visit
www.pridefoundation.org or email scholarships@pridefoundation.org. We look forward
to receiving applications from you or your students and thank you for your help spreading the word and supporting tomorrow’s leaders today!
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(4) Queer Foundation to Offer Three $1,000 College Scholarships for 2011–12 to Top Essayists in Sixth Annual High School Seniors English Essay Contest
To the top essayists in the 2011 high school seniors English essay contest, $1,000 scholarships are available for studies in queer theory or a related field at the U.S. college or university of their choice in 2011–12.
Scholarships are administered by the Queer Foundation, a Washington nonprofit corporation and a 501(c)(3) public charity located in Seattle. Applicants need not be Washington residents.
Recipients will be known as Queer Scholars. Their presence on campus will have a positive effect on the conditions of their fellow lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students and other queer youth. The scholarships will enable LGBTQA youth, by means
of their studies and effective writing, to contribute to building a stable future for queer youth through business/community involvement and self-directed improvement.
Queer Scholars will receive mentoring, academic advising, and tutoring to enable them to succeed in their studies. In return they are required to (a) maintain a suitable grade point average as determined by the college, (b) practice self care, and (c)
give back to the community through doing community service, authoring queer studies papers, and/or mentoring high school or other college students.
Application deadline: February 28
Queer Scholars
* are out, proud, and activist,
* have a social conscience,
* will fight discrimination against queers,
* are committee to social change,
* believe in organization,
* are of good will.
The Queer Foundation's Effective Writing and Scholarships Program provides, nationwide, $1,000 college scholarships to outstanding LGBTQ high school students, winners of an annual English essay contest to promote queer studies to improve the lives of queer
youth. Collected, the essays form queer-the-curriculum materials for use in high schools to benefit all LGBTQ students. Competing in the essay contest gives academically talented LGBTQ students another means and reason to be out and proud members of their communities—small
or large—and to recognize that sexual minority status is seen as a plus.
The Queer Foundation is a Washington nonprofit corporation and a 501(c)(3) public charity. Find us on GuideStar.org (search for "queer scholars"). Donations help build the scholarship endowment and promote the best and brightest young queer writers of
today.
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