GET A $1000 FOR COMMUNITY ORGANIZING

The Lathrope Voorspuy Memorial Scholarship Fund

A 501 (C) 3 Nonprofit Community Organization

P.O. Box 140371, SI, NY 10314-0371

"The mission of the Lathrope Voorspuy Memorial Scholarship Fund will be to encourage grass-roots activism by underwriting community members in selected programs that train for community organization or for political candidacies."

Names of candidates must be submitted by March 14, 2010.

To submit names, call Joy Robins at 718-816-4128.

Send applications by mail to:

LVMSF

P.O. Box 140371

Staten Island, NY 10314-0371

Applications may also be submitted by e-mail to joyrobins@si.rr.com or via the web at www.lvmsf.org .

The winner of the $1,000 scholarship will be announced at the Award Presentation Breakfast will be on Saturday, May 22, 2010. The event will be used to raise funds for the next award.

Application for the Lathrope Voorspuy Memorial Scholarship

Name
Address
City/State/Zip
Phone
E-mail

Training Program you are applying for?

Do you have housing in the location, if not included in the program, and a means of getting to the program?

1. Why are you interested in learning community organizing/campaign skills?

2. What do you most hope to get out of the training program?

3. What previous social justice/organizing/campaign efforts have you been involved in, either as a volunteer or paid?

4. Thinking of your previous experiences, tell more about one particular thing that you did. Explain why you either felt great satisfaction in the experience, or did not feel satisfied.

5. How would you apply the skills you learn in this program?

6. Is there anything else you would like us to know about you?

7. How did you hear about this scholarship?

List of Suggested Programs:

(Other programs will be considered at the request of applicants.)

http://www.midwestacademy.com/

The Midwest Academy - Training That Works For Citizen Organizations

http://www.southernempowerment.org/

Southern Empowerment Project

http://www.emilyslist.org/

Emily's List

http://www.wcsyale.org/