One way that Wangari Maathai is commemorated is by the Maathai Award for Civic Participation in Sustainability, a scholarship for two NYC public high school seniors. The committee is still looking for applications and the deadline is January 16, 2015. Please spread the word. Now Accepting Applications for the 2014 Maathai Award for Civic Participation in Sustainability: The Maathai Award for Civic Participation in Sustainability, inaugurated by The Rockefeller Foundation, The Bette Midler Family Trust, and MillionTreesNYC, is an annual $10,000 cash award granted to two New York City public high school seniors graduating in the 2014-2015 school year. The award was established in honor of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize (2004), a visionary environmentalist, and founder of the Green Belt Movement, a tree-planting campaign to promote sustainable development, womans empowerment, and democracy in Kenya. It is administered by the Municipal Art Society of New York. Learn more and submit an online application at milliontreesnyc.org/html/educate/maathai_scholarship.shtml. Applications are due by 5:00pm EST on January 16th, 2015.
Posted on: Thu, 08 Jan 2015 15:59:33 +0000
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