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Dolores Huerta Scholarship

DOLORES HUERTA SCHOLARSHIP
This scholarship will award $1,000 to one Tempe high school senior. 

• Deadline for applications is Monday, March 10. 
• Applications must be received by email, or in the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office, by 5 p.m. on Monday, March 10. 
• The winner will be honored at Tempe's 2025 Neighborhood Celebration on Saturday, April 5.

Dolores Huerta is a civil rights activist and community organizer who has fought for labor rights and social justice for more than 50 years.  In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers union. She is credited with the rallying cry, "Si Se Puede!"  She received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award from President Bill Clinton in 1998. In 2012, President Barack Obama bestowed Dolores with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the US.  Additional information about Dolores Huerta can be found at doloreshuerta.org.

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements:

1. Applicants must be a high school senior.
2. Applicants must either live in Tempe or attend a Tempe Union High School District school.
3. Applicant’s work can extend beyond Tempe boundaries
4. B Average is desired. 
5. Applicants must demonstrate participation in projects or activities that are in alignment with the Dolores Huerta Foundation in at least one of these areas:

• Community Organizing
• Leadership Development 
• Civic Engagement or Policy Advocacy

Instructions to complete application:

1. Complete this application form.
2. Respond to each award question in about 500 words per question.
   Attach responses to the application.
3. Attach two separate letters of recommendation to the application. One letter should address the applicant’s character. The other letter should address how the applicant’s work relates to Dolores Huerta.
4. Email, mail or fax the application form, essay responses, letters of recommendation, and unofficial transcript(s) to:
   

   Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Office
   c/o Dr. Velicia McMillan Humes
   31 E. Fifth St., Mail Code 0105
   Tempe, AZ 85281
   Velicia_McMillan_Humes@tempe.gov

Application must be received, not postmarked, by 5 p.m. Monday, March 10, 2025. Please give extra time for mail delays. All applications will be reviewed by selected members of the Human Relations Commission.  The award winner will be contacted the week of March 17.