Horizons Foundation is please to announce the establishment of the New Road (NR) Scholarship Fund, a scholarship fund to support LGBT Asian]Pacific Islander students entering their first year of college in the Bay Area.

The fund, established by an anonymous donor, and will award as many as four $1000 scholarships in 2012. The donor received a university scholarship twenty years ago and he is very happy that he can now contribute to help students to achieve their education goals.

For complete information, including full eligibility criteria and how to apply for the scholarship, visit here.

Asian & Pacific Islander Wellness Center is commemorating National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and Asian Pacific Heritage Month with a very special community event on Thursday, May 3, 2012 at 518 Valencia: The Eric Quezada Center for Culture and Politics. Our event will mark the official launch of a new community-driven digital storytelling initiative called Taking Root: Our Stories, Our Community. “Taking Root” is part of A&PI Wellness Center’s Banyan Tree Project, a national community mobilization and social marketing campaign to end HIV stigma in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities (AA and NHPI).

The event will feature a screening of the stories and a special Q&A session with some of our storytellers. The evening will also include live performances by community members and artists. Media will be invited to attend, as well as public officials, affiliated health professionals, and AA and NHPI community members. Last year, our local event attracted a wide variety of reporters, generating television coverage, radio reports, and print stories reaching over 2 million Bay Area residents.