SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Nationwide AIDS Memorial is honoring the legacy of AIDS educator and activist Pedro Zamora on what would have been his 50th birthday by formally saying the most recent recipients of the Pedro Zamora Younger Leaders Scholarship. Eleven students have been chosen from ten universities and tutorial establishments throughout the nation, every receiving $5,000 in monetary assist for his or her tutorial research.
“Very like Pedro himself, this scholarship helps younger college students who embody their work throughout the group and activism in methods impressed by their very own passions, insights, originality, and conviction,” stated Nationwide AIDS Memorial CEO John Cunningham. “These college students shine an vital mild on the problems and struggles in their very own communities, bringing a way of optimism, hope and motion to make a distinction.”
Devoted to persevering with the legacy of Zamora, the Pedro Zamora Younger Leaders Scholarship helps the educational efforts of younger activists working of their communities at this time. Utilizing the HIV/AIDS activism motion for example, the scholarship helps these taking over social justice work in its many types and dealing on the intersection of those actions with their communities to drive progress.
The 2021/2022 students embody: Liggera Edmonds-Allen, Carnegie Mellon College, Pennsylvania; Olivia Freidenreich, College of California, Berkeley; Evan Gates, Miami College, Ohio; Treasure Joiner, Tulane College, Louisiana; Espoir Ledieu, W.P Carey College of Enterprise at Arizona State College; Craig McFarland, Harvard School, Massachusetts; Leo Parrott, College of San Francisco, California; Peter Pham, College of California Berkeley; Aisha Tipnis; Brown College, Rhode Island; Andrea Volcan, College of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; and, Jashui Zarate Torres, Dominican College, Illinois.
As a part of the applying course of, candidates should exhibit how they’re offering service and/or management in efforts to finish HIV (or assist these dwelling with it), and/or the battle towards stigma, denial, and hate, and the way their research, profession plans, or public service will contribute to these efforts. This yr’s recipients are making a distinction as younger leaders engaged on points starting from HIV/AIDS, transgender activism, and group reinvestment, to marginalization, well being entry, immigrant rights, and environmental justice. A abstract of their biographies may be considered right here.
“This class of students is so spectacular, all of whom are making an amazing influence and serving to carry Pedro’s torch ahead for a greater future,” stated Gilead Sciences Senior Vice President, Alex Kalomparis. “We’re proud to assist this vital program that’s inspiring the subsequent era of leaders to proceed the battle for well being and social justice and finish HIV/AIDS.”
Gilead Sciences is a significant funder of the scholarship program, which has supplied $410,000 in monetary assist to 112 younger leaders since its inception in 2009. The Nationwide AIDS Memorial was capable of increase this system in 2021 to incorporate its largest group of recipients ever and will probably be making a fellowship program in 2022 by a grant supplied by Gilead.
college students can study extra and apply on-line by visiting www.aidsmemorial.org/scholarships.
SOURCE Nationwide AIDS Memorial