Scholarship details
PFLAG Sacramento is pleased to offer scholarships of $1,000 or more to qualified students from the Sacramento area. The scholarship is named in honor of The Rev. and Mrs. Merrill Follansbee, and Jean Hansen, our chapter’s co-founders and proud parents of LGBTQ+ individuals.
PFLAG provides an opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, and acts to create a society healthy and respectful of human diversity.
Advocacy is a big part of the mission of PFLAG National, with members and supporters working to achieve LGBTQ equality through changing hearts, minds, and laws. PFLAG works at the community level, at the city and state level, and at the federal level to effect change so that people who are LGBTQ are safe and equal in their communities.
PFLAG Sacramento awards at least one scholarship each spring. The Follansbee-Hansen Scholarship is named after our chapter founders: Rev. and Mrs. Merrill Follansbee, and Jean Hansen. This scholarship is awarded to select individuals from the Sacramento region, wanting to attend a higher learning institution, including college, university, vocational and technical schools.
Eligibility & Requirements
- Must self-identify as a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
- Applicants must demonstrate an interest in service to the LGBTQ+ community.
- All applicants must be enrolled in school and maintain or have a minimum GPA of 2.5.
- Must live in the Sacramento, California, USA region.
How to Apply
All applicants must have the most accurate information such as an unofficial copy of the most recent school transcript showing a minimum G.P.A. of 2.5. All applicants will need to send in a copy of one letter of recommendation to testify LGBTQ+ status and community involvement. There is also a form that will need t to be filled out via their website portal.
Applicants should express how their community advocates for the LGBTQ+ community, this is to show how a community is changing the status quo.
Reward
The scholarships consist of $1,000 and at times sometimes $1,500. This will go to furthering education or towards the community.
Deadline & Annual
February 14, 2022, is the deadline date, and this is an annual scholarship. All the necessary information needed to submit will need to be sent via email, which is provided.
