NEBRASKANS FOR PEACE
Scholarship Application
Application Deadline: e-mailed on or before April 10, 2008
Nebraskans for Peace (NFP) is a statewide grassroots advocacy organization working nonviolently for peace with justice through community building, education, and political action.
NFP will award three $500.00 scholarships to one Nebraska high school senior in EACH of Nebraska’s three congressional districts, and two $100.00 scholarships to two seniors in EACH of the three congressional districts. The recipients must be students who wish to further their education in an area consistent with the mission of NFP: peace with justice through community
building, education, and political action.
Send applications within the body of an e-mail (not as an attachment) to NFPScholarship@gmail.com on or before April 10, 2008.
Scholarship funds will be mailed to the institutions of higher learning upon receiving notification from that institution verifying that the scholarship winner is enrolled full-time.
An application must consist of the following personal information and an essay which meets the criteria outlined below.
Name:
Last, First, MI:
Street:
City:
Nebraska ZIP:
Congressional District:
I plan to attend (school name and address):
High School last attended:
Location:
Year of Graduation:
Criteria for Application Essay:
Select one of the NFP priorities. In our society these issues are frequently handled using harsh or violent means. Describe an alternative approach to that situation using non-violent or restorative justice techniques.
• Specify the procedures people would follow to implement your approach.
• Describe examples of specific behaviors based on those procedures.
• Identify obstacles to using your alternative approach.
• Evaluate how realistic your approach is.
• Use the Six + 1 Traits of Writing.
• 750-1000 words.
• Submission deadline April 10, 2008
Send to: NFPScholarship@gmail.com
