Queens Borough President Donovan Richards & the African American Heritage Committee Scholarship

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Each year the African American Heritage Committee awards scholarships to graduating High School seniors
pursuing a post-secondary education. Recipients receive a monetary award for academic expenses.
Applicants must be residents of Queens. Interested high school seniors must submit a completed
application with an official high school transcript by 5 p.m. on January 10, 2022. Scholarship recipients will
be notified by February 1, 2022. The online application can be found at:
www.queensbp.org/aahcscholarshipapp/
Answer each question completely. The academic questions refer to the student’s High School experience.
Each question is carefully considered in the evaluation of each application. Please note: grammar and overall
presentation are considered.
Transcripts must be submitted separately and can be forwarded via email to:
sanderson@queensbp.org or fax at: 718-286-3134.


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Clarisa James
Clarisa James is the Co-Founder/Executive Director of DIVAS (Digital Interactive Visual Arts Sciences) for Social Justice. For the past seven years DIVAS has provided free or sliding scale technology training to youth in underserved communities in Central Brooklyn and Southeast Queens. Ms. James has been dedicated to youth development work for the past 15years in the roles of Teaching Artist, After School Director, Curriculum Specialist and artist. Her life's work encompasses empowering youth in underserved communities to use technology for social change and think critically about the issues that are affecting them most. For the past seven years Ms. James has facilitated workshops that help youth develop multimedia projects around environmental justice, housing, leadership development and reproductive justice. Ms. James holds an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College's Film & Media Department. In addition to DIVAS for Social Justice, Ms. James currently serves on the advisory board of the Children’s Cabinet, Office of the Deputy Mayor Strategic Policy Initiatives at City Hall. Clarisa James is full of gratitude to her parents for providing such a wonderful upbringing and having the foresight to move into the community of Laurelton in the early 1970's. Clarisa is proud to be a daughter of Laurelton.