Are you a LGBT PA student of African heritage - or know of a student - who is interested in
Then...
Consider applying for this Student Leader Fellowship, jointly offered by the LBGT PA and African Heritage PA Caucuses.
"There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives." -- Audre Lorde
Purpose
The purpose of the fellowship is for leaders in medicine to reflect the communities we serve. When the first few cohorts of the LBGT PA Caucus Student Leaders Fellowship were each appointed or elected to serve in a board leadership role within 3 years of graduation, we realized the fellowship's potential, as well as it's gaps - no alumni identified as Black or of African heritage. The jointly-sponsored fellowship program was piloted in 2020 in the hopes that, together, we can support PA students who identify as Black or of African heritage, as well as LGBT, and who desire service through leadership.
"We are all one - and if we don't know it, we will learn it the hard way." -- Bayard Rustin
Travel Stipend
A $1000 travel stipend is available to offset the cost of attending AAPA's annual conference in May, which is distributed at conference. Failure to attend the AAPA annual conference results in forfeiture of the travel stipend. Attendance at AAPA's Leadership and Advocacy Summit (LAS) in September is recommended but not required.
"I find I am constantly being encouraged to pluck out some one aspect of myself and present this as the meaningful whole, eclipsing or denying the other parts of self." -- Audre Lorde
Fellowship Term
The Fellowship term begins in January 1 with the fellow's presence on the LBGT PA Caucus Board and HOD Task Force conference calls, includes in-person presence at the AAPA annual conference, and continues with one call each month with a PA mentor through December.
Mentors include
and other graduate PAs who get you!!
"If we want to do away with the injustice to gays it will not be done because we get rid of the injustice to gays. It will be done because we are forwarding the effort for the elimination of injustice to all. And we will win the rights for gays, or blacks, or Hispanics, or women within the context of whether we are fighting for all." -- Bayard Rustin
Eligibility
Applicants must be openly lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or gender diverse student members of the LBGT PA Caucus who also identify as Black or of African heritage. Student membership with the African Heritage PA Caucus (AHPAC) is encouraged. Applicants must be currently enrolled in an accredited PA program at the time of the application deadline. Priority is given to student members who are actively involved with the Caucuses.
Those selected for the fellowship are required to maintain active membership with AAPA, the LBGT PA Caucus, and the AHPAC.
Selection criteria include, but are not limited to: emotional intelligence, interpersonal skills, judgement, integrity, character (collaborative, courage, humility), attitudes and beliefs about intersectionality involving sexual orientation and gender identity/expression (SOGIE), racial and other identities.
Fellows are chosen through a competitive selection process that considers an essay and a personal interview. Letters of recommendation from faculty are optional.
AS LONG AS THE SELECTION CRITERIA IS MET, STUDENTS MAY APPLY FOR MORE THAN ONE STUDENT LEADER FELLOWSHIP, ALTHOUGH NO STUDENT MAY HAVE MORE THAN ONE FELLOWSHIP.
"Without community, there is no liberation." -- Audre Lorde
Expectations
"Sometimes we are blessed with being able to choose the time, and the arena, and the manner of our revolution, but more usually we must do battle where we are standing." -- Audre Lorde
Instructions
Applicants must:
1. Write an essay of 1-3 pages (Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spaced, 1” margins ) including the following details:
2. Participate in an online interview.
3. Letter of recommendation from faculty is OPTIONAL.
4. Email completed AHPAC/LBGT PA Caucus Student Leader Fellowship Application, essay, and any other attachments to info@lbgtpa.org
"True community is based upon equality, mutuality, and reciprocity. It affirms the richness of individual diversity as well as the common human ties that bind us together." -- Pauli Murray
Deadline
Applications are due annually by 11:59 PM EST on March 15th.
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