With funding from the Harold and Grace Sewell Trust Fund, the Community Health Worker Section of APHA will offer five $800 scholarships to community health workers to attend the 2011 APHA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., from Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 2011. 

This scholarship honors the important work of grass-roots advocates who promote health in their communities.  We want to bring your knowledge, experience, and commitment to the CHW field to APHA. Scholarship awardees from out of town will receive funding to help pay for transportation, room and board, meals, and registration fees. Scholarships will be paid on a reimbursable basis after the Annual Meeting in November and all written reports are received. 

Please call or email Dr. Susan Mayfield-Johnson, at (601) 266-6266 or susan.johnson@smu.edu, to get an application.  Application due date is July 31, 2011.  Late applications will not be considered due to the large expected number of applications.   

APHA is the world’s largest organization of public health workers.  It represents health advocates, health promoters, researchers, clinicians, social workers, and many others united in improving the health of the public. To learn more about this year’s meeting, visit http://www.apha.org and click on Annual Meeting.