The Association of Latino/as Motivating Action ( ALMA ) Chicago has announced its annual ALMA Young Latino Leaders for Creating Change Scholarship.
This scholarship was developed in order to provide financial assistance to outstanding Illinois Latino LGBTQ youth leaders and youth allies to attend the annual Creating Change Conference. With ALMA, Comcast and other donors sponsoring, two young leaders will be awarded a scholarship to attend the Creating Change 2017 conference in Philadelphia, and the event also includes the Union Equals Fuerza: Latino Institute.
The application submission deadline is Wed., Nov. 30; award recipients will be notified by Wed., Dec. 7. Creating Change will be Jan. 18-22, 2017.
Applicants must be 18-25; must be residents of Illinois; have demonstrated previous LGBTQ-related activism/advocacy; show that Creating Change participation will not disrupt work or school; and must be willing and able to commit to one year service on ALMA's Youth Advisory Board ( January-December 2017 ) for approximately five to 10 hours/month.
See ALMAChicago.org and CreatingChange.org .