The Ayana J. McAllister Legacy Foundation
Academic Scholarship 2024


Application Criteria

1. The student/applicant is a high school senior or current college student from theWashington, D.C. metropolitan area (Southern Maryland, Washington, DC, or NorthernVirginia), who plans to attend or is currently enrolled in a four year college, or community/junior college in Fall of 2024.

2. The student/applicant has to have been impacted directly, or indirectly, by gun violence. Examples of indirect impact can include gun violence’s effect on family, friends, or members of the applicant’s community.

3. The student/applicant must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 and provide an official transcript.

4. The student/applicant must submit two letters of recommendation on official school letterhead identifying why you are an excellent candidate to receive this scholarship and meet the eligibility criteria outlined: Letters may be provided by: an instructor or professor, a university/ school administrator, a guidance counselor, or an adult mentor who knows the applicant well. Letter should include a description of how the reference knows the applicant.

5. The student/applicant will submit a 300 word typed written essay on the topic listed in the application.

6. You will provide a professional photo – school photo, graduation photo, etc. - which will become the property of the Ayana J. McAllister Legacy Foundation.

7. All documentation submitted will become the property of the The Ayana J. McAllister Legacy Foundation and signature on this application provides permission for these items, if selected, to be posted on our foundation public website and social media outlets.

8. In order to receive funding, awardees will be required to participate in a brief interview with the Foundation upon selection.

Essay Question

Please answer either Question 1 or Question 2. There are two parts to each question.

Question 1

1A) Regarding gun violence prevention, what message/ tagline/ slogan would you create for the world to hear and why? Here’s an example of a slogan, “Protect Kids Not Guns.”

1B) If you had $500 to promote your slogan, what would you do? Who would you involve?

Question 2

2A) If you had a podcast addressing gun violence prevention, who would you want to interview, and why?

2B) If you had $500 to promote your podcast, what audience would you try to reach, and how would you try to reach them?

Submission Requirements

Applications, including letters of recommendation, answered questions and the essay, are to be emailed to ajmlegacyfoundation@gmail.com no later than Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Official transcripts must be mailed under separate cover to the Foundation address listed below, but they must be postmarked by Tuesday, April 30, 2024:

The Ayana J. McAllister Legacy Foundation, 2024 Academic Scholarship Committee 9103 Woodmore Centre Drive #258 Lanham, MD 20706

 

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