With generous 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, and allows CHWs to bring their knowledge, experience and commitment to APHA. Scholarship awardees from out of town will receive funding to help pay for transportation, room and board, meals and/or registration fees. 

This year, the CHW Section received an enormous amount of applications for consideration. The following were recognized as recipients of this year’s Harold and Grace Sewell Trust Fund’s support of CHWs to attend APHA:

Lorena Verdugo, Tucson, Arizona

Laura Bahena, Chicago, Illinois

Tammie Yazzie, Tohatchi, New Mexico

Ethel Livingston, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Comfort Dondo-Dewey, New Brighton, Minnesota

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.