Award Amount: $1000 (multiple recipients will receive awards)

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Eligibility Criteria:   

• Open to African American students graduating from a high school in Miami-Dade, Broward, or Palm Beach counties

• Must be accepted and enrolled in any 4-year public/private institution of higher education

• 3.0 minimum g.p.a.

• Essay submission

• Must submit an unofficial copy of your transcript

• Only open to students graduating from high school in May or June 2025

• Application deadline: May 1, 2025

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Essay Prompt:

Your graduating class has faced historic and unprecedented events in the recent years, including a pandemic, racial unrest followed by social justice movements worldwide, the rapid progression of artificial intelligence, and a consequential U.S. election.  Please answer each of the following questions to the best of your ability.

 

1. How have these any of these events affected you personally and academically, both positively and negatively ? 

 

2. What changes, sacrifices, and adjustments have you had to make? 

 

3. How have these events shaped your perception of the society we live in and the goals you have for college and your future career or business endeavors? 

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Essay Guidelines: 

2 pages double-spaced 

1-inch margins 

12 point font 

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Video Introduction Guidelines: 

Create and provide the URL link to a 1-2minute video introducing yourself to the Deivery Harris Empowerment Scholarship Review Committee telling them your personal story and aspirations. Be as authentic as possible! You can either upload your video through the application or provide a URL link to your video. 

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Please provide an unofficial copy of your transcript via email to info@thejusticetribe.org.

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