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our students from the Portland/
Vancouver area will have an opportu
nity to pursue their dreams this fall
thanks to scholarship programs funded
by the Pride Foundation and the
Greater Seattle Business Association. More
than $665,000 has been awarded to nearly 400
people during the past 10 years.
“This scholarship program is made possible
by the many people in our community who
see education as the critical piece in shaping
the world of tomorrow, a world free from prej
udice and respecting o f all people,” said
Audrey Haberman, Pride Foundation execu
tive director. "T h e students who were selected
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pplications for the Pride of the Rose Scholar
ship Fund of Equity Foundation are due
July 31. Students must be gay, lesbian, bi or trans or
have parents who are queer and must be residents
of the five-county Portland metropolitan area.
The city’s oldest scholarship of its kind, the
fund has awarded more than $100,000 since it was
founded in 1979 by Rose Emperor V Frank
Schreckenberger and Rose Empress XXI Allison
Grey. It is administered by Equity Foundation, a
charitable organization that manages several other
scholacships serving the sexual minorities commu
nity and that provides funding for numerous edu
cational, health and cultural projects each year.
Scholarship recipients will be presented dur
ing Turnabout on Sept. 8 at Darcelle XV,
208 N.W. Third Ave. Doors open at 7 p.m., with
the show beginning at 8.
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Scholarship programs honor four students
have a strong belief in their ability to achieve
a better life for themselves and others through
education.”
Among this year’s scholars is Jonathyn Kraig
of Portland, who has been studying commercial
and residential interior design at the Art Insti
tute of Oregon since 1999. He works with queer
youth as a volunteer at Outside In and is
involved in Pride festivities.
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Legal Scholarship Fund Committee of Equity
Foundation has extended the application dead
line for the 2002-2003 academic year by one
month. All transcripts and other attachments
must be received by 5 p.m. July 30.
The scholarship is open to third- or fourth-
year law students who wish to donate some part
of their practice or expertise through volunteer
activities to fighting bigotry and discrimination
on the basis of sexual orientation. It now is
expanded to include law students who wish to
practice outside Oregon.
The Shepherds founded the state’s chapter of
Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and
Gays during the 1970s. Three of their daughters
are lesbians.
Applications are available through the Equity
Foundation offices in Suite 405 at 123 N .E . Third
A ve. or online at www.equityfoundadon.org. For
more information call 503-231-5759, e-m ail
mfo@equityfoundadon.org or write to P.O. Box
5696, Portland, OR 97228-5696.
by Jim R adosta
Kraig won two scholarships—
$ 1,000 from a fund for students in the
visual arts who have a strong commit
ment to human rights and $500 from a
fund for young people studying arts or
crafts who demonstrate originality of
vision, aptitude and commitment in
their chosen field. In addition, three
Washington students received $1,000
each from the Clark County Pride
Chapter:
• Jacob Wolkenhauer of Vancou
ver, who graduated in June from
Columbia River High School, hopes
to become a teacher. His many edu
cational interests include French,
chemistry, music and calligraphy. He
has been involved in the Clark
County Youth Commission and the
YW CA Sexual Assault Task Force.
• Brian Rooney of Vancouver
plans to enter Southern Oregon U ni
versity in Ashland and study English
and theater arts. His long-term goal is Jonathyn Kraig plans to become an interior designer
to teach at the high school level.
1980s, she set up a program to teach victims of
Rooney— who spent two years touring as back-
stage manager for Ringling Bros, and Bamum &.
domestic violence how to file restraining orders,
dissolutions and custody orders. In the 1990s,
Bailey circus and taught theater for three sum
she provided paralegal and tax assistance to
mers at the Leysin American School in Switzer
migrant farmworkers. In this decade, she hopes
land— has acted professionally for stage, televi
to expand her work as an immigration lawyer
sion and film.
and help queer immigrants obtain basic civil
• Lee Kandu of Castle Rock has been work
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ing for social justice all her life. In the late
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