Live Oak,
Inc., is awarding $2,500 in Scholarships to Graduate students in any mental
health related field. We are offering another $2,500 Grant for anyone involved
in Community Organizing or Activism.
I am
asking for your help in getting this information out to graduate students who
might qualify for this Scholarship, and/or to other administrators at your
University that might have access to graduate students who might be interested
in this opportunity.
The details
for the scholarship are below, or you can follow, or send this link:https://liveoakchicago.com/what-we-do/professional-development/valuing-difference-scholarship/
The
Valuing Difference Awards
Values Guiding the Scholarship and/or Grant
At Live
Oak, we strive to recognize the consequences of privilege, oppression, discrimination
and stigma, and therefore practice psychotherapy, consultation, and training
that affirms the value of difference. In responding to systems of
marginalization, people and communities often cope in ways that magnify
feelings of shame, low self-esteem, and disconnection. Our intention of
affirmative and inclusive approach is based on an understanding of an
integrative change process, and therefore provides our clients with
opportunities to reduce the disintegrating effects of power and privilege to
promote self- actualization and integration. We aspire to emphasize the extent
to which growth and connection is enhanced more from our differences than from
our similarities.
Master’s Scholarship
($2,500
to be awarded either in full to one person, or in smaller amounts to several
people. Each award will be no less than $500/person)
Eligible
Applicants
Students
currently enrolled or about to begin graduate programs in any of following
disciplines: Social Work, Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, Art Therapy,
Dance/Movement Therapy, and Psychology, or a related field.
The
intention of this scholarship is to encourage and support new clinicians who
are aligned with these values and plan to implement them in their practice.
Community Activism Grant
($2,500
to be awarded either in full to one person, or in smaller amounts to several
people. Each award will be no less than $500/person)
Eligible
Applicants
Persons
actively engaged in community activism, organizing, advocacy, or support.
The
intention of this grant is to encourage and support activists, organizers,
advocates, and other support people who are aligned with these values and plan
to implement them in their work.
Application
Process (for each award)
Applicants
will be required to provide the following materials:
- Resume
or outline of relevant experience
- We
welcome links to, or examples of, relevant work
- Position
Statement (no more than three pages,
double spaced) that, at a minimum, addresses the following questions:
- How
do the applicant’s goals relate to the values that serve as the framework
for this grant/scholarship? Please feel free to draw from
personal/professional experiences when explaining this.
- How
will the applicant use the scholarship/grant award in a way that is
consistent with the scholarship’s/grant’s values?
Applicants
should keep in mind that the review committee will base their decision on how
the following 4 Areas are addressed in the proposal:
Area 1) Candidate is actively involved in the work that addresses the
Valuing Difference scholarship/grant
Area 2) Candidate can articulate their view of how oppression and stigma
impacts their clients/community and has a frame of understanding
intersectionality
Area 3) Personal experiences of overcoming stigma or how the
scholarship/grant could be a resource to help them do the work / continue the
work.
Area 4) Candidate presents an intentional proposal/plan for using the
scholarship/grant in a manner that is consistent with values
Deadline
for Applications
All
materials must be submitted by 11/30/18. They should be submitted
electronically to: valuingdifference.scholarship@liveoakchicago.com.
Notification
People
selected for scholarship/grant award will be notified by 12/15/18.
