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9 f7TT!T7TWnP7ìnetvs br iefs Cmitinued from Page 7 Gay, lesbian, hi and trans students and allies; chil dren from sexual minority families; and students of color are particularly encouraged to apply. H ie G reater Seattle Business Association, the Emerald C ity’s queer chamber of commerce, has awarded 150 scholarships totaling more than $500,000 since its inception in 1990. T he money is awarded to undergraduate students who demonstrate need and potential leadership for the sexual minorities community. T he Pride Foundation’s program began with a 1992 bequest from Brian M. Day that estab lished a scholarship for Puget Sound gay men of color. Since then, the nonprofit has awarded more than $520,000 to 526 people. Awards of up to $5,000 each will support col lege, creative or vocational training. Applica tions are due Jan. 20. For more information about the Greater Seattle Business Association scholarship, call 206-363-9/88 or visit wuiw.thegsha.org. For more mformation about the Pride Foundation scholarship, call ROO'735'7287 or visit wuHv.pridefoundatum.org. $450,000 G rant W ill H elp HIV-A ffected C hildren m atching grant of $450,000 has been awarded to Cascade AIDS Project to fund its Kids’ C onnection program for children whose parent or caretaker is HIV-positive. O f 515 nationwide applications to the highly competitive Local Initiative Funding Partners pro gram of the Robert Wixxl Johnson Foundation, only 18 were funded in 2003. Meyer Memorial A Trust nominated CAP’s proposal and recently awarded three years of seed funding for Kids’ Con nection. The Robert Wixxl Johnson monies will be dispersed to CAP for the next four years and must be matched dollar for dollar by locally raised funds. Kids’ C onnection was selected as a potential national mixJel for bringing together AIDS agencies and children’s services to address a rapidly growing problem: the devastating impact of the epidemic on the entire family. HIV-affect ed families often have the least access to health care and are disproportionately affected by poverty, homelessness, mental illness, substance abuse and discrimination. W ith shifting HIV/AIDS demographics, C A P has experienced significant increases in diversity among its client base and sees many more families with children. In 2002, 59 percent of its 1,600 clients were heterosexual and 16 percent were women. Among C A P ’s current gay and hi men clients, a higher percentage have children in their lives than ever before. It’s estimated that 2,500 HIV-affected children live in the Portland metropolitan area. Because fear and stigma related to AIDS is still prevalent, many parents chixise not to seek services for themselves or their children outside the HIV arena or, when they do, they don’t dis close their HIV status. As a result, many of their children remain invisible, have unmet needs and lack access to care and services. Kids’ C o n nection is designed to improve the physical well-being, mental health and personal safety of these isolated, vulnerable youth. “Cascade AIDS Project will build on its strong collaborative relationships with other service providers to expand our local infrastructure to support these high-risk kids,” said Victor Merced, D onna Red Win}», along with M arty Rouse and Scott Sherm an, a V erm ont couple joined in a civil union, met with Iowa queers to discuss their support for H ow ard D ean Meyer Memorial Tmst program officer. “In sum, CAP is helping to re-engineer a new continuum of care for these children and their families.” F ormer LCP D irector J oins D ean C ampaign onna Red Wing, who served as executive director of the Lesbian Community Project from 1995 to 1996, is helping former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean with his bid for the Demo cratic presidential nomination. She campaigned in Iowa from Dec. 9 to 11 for the candidate, who D recently earned the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., D-lll.; former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon, 1988 Democratic presidential candi date; and former Vice President At Gore, 2000 Democratic presidential nominee. “Dean is the only candidate willing to stand up to George W. Bush on the war in Iraq to pro viding civil rights for all Americans," Red Wing said. "As the governor of Vermont, he support ed groundbreaking legislation that allowed all Vermonters to be treated equally.” Red Wing is the principal consultant at Red Continued on Page 11 a 4¿ HILLSDALE VETERINARY GROUP 6359 S W C ap ito l H ighw ay P ortland , O reg o n 97239 ( 503 ) 246-4660 O v e r I 7 y e a r s o f e x p e r ie n c e a n d c o m p a stio n . • ««¿SO? • • • • • D e n tistry In tern al M edicine S u rg ery G e ria tric s Pain M anagem ent Preventive C a r e NEW C L IE N T S M E N T IO N T H I S A D F O R A FREE EXAM. 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