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Perry
Fund
Accepting
Applications
for
2003-2004
and
2004-2005
School
Years,
Providing
Scholarships
for
Students
Losing
Aid
Because
of
Drug
Convictions
9/19/03
The John W. Perry Fund, a
project of the DRCNet Foundation in association with Students for Sensible
Drug Policy, provides college scholarships to students losing federal financial
aid because of drug convictions. The Fund has monies remaining for
fall 2003 as well as future semesters, and eligible students are urged
to apply as soon as possible.
Please visit http://www.RaiseYourVoice.com/perryfund/
to fill out a pre-application, print out an application form or brochure,
or for further information. Students, financial aid officers, friends
and family members and supporters of students, as well as media, activists,
potential donors and other interested parties, are all welcome to contact
us!
Supportive parties are urged
to take copies around to financial aid offices, social services agencies
whose clientele are likely to include drug ex-offenders, high school guidance
offices, and to forward information about the Perry Fund to appropriate
e-mail lists. Community and state colleges are of particular interest
to the Perry Fund, because the low tuition rates enable us to fully finance
a student's education in many cases, and because their student bodies include
a high proportion of low income with especially great financial need.
Any applicant losing federal
financial aid due to a drug conviction, however, attempting to attend any
school, is welcome and encouraged to apply. We continue to raise
money for the Perry Fund, and the more applications we have received, the
more money we will likely be able to raise for them. Please urge
potential applicants to visit http://www.RaiseYourVoice.com/perryfund/
for information and to apply, or to contact DRCNet at (202) 362-0030.
Thank you for spreading the word.
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Issue #303, 9/19/03
Editorial:
Don't Stop There |
A Clean,
Well-Lit Place to Shoot Dope: Western Hemisphere's First Government-Approved
Safe Injection Site Opens in Vancouver |
And Then
There Were Four: Canadian Marijuana Possession Laws Crumble |
Britain's
Pending Cannabis Decrim Will Allow for Some Arrests |
More Than
Just Memories: Cheryl Miller Memorial Project in DC Next Week |
Newsbrief:
Seattle Voters Tell Police to Make Marijuana Possession Lowest Priority |
Newsbrief:
Marijuana Legal in Alaska, But Attorney General Orders Cops to Confiscate
It, Work with Feds to Build Cases |
Newsbrief:
Ecstasy Scandal Grows as Second Study Retracted |
Newsbrief:
Drug Policy Alliance Issues Report on Changes in State Drug Laws |
Newsbrief:
This Week's Corrupt Cops Story |
Newsbrief:
Reefer Madness in the Heart of Africa |
Newsbrief:
Campaign Comments -- John Edwards on Industrial Hemp |
Newsbrief:
Murderous Thai Drug War in Final Drive to be "Drug Free" |
Newsbrief:
UN Agency Calls for Change in Colombia Drug War Strategy |
Current Action
Alerts: Medical Marijuana, Plan Colombia, HEA, Ashcroft's Attack
on Judicial Discretion |
Perry Fund
Accepting Applications for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 School Years, Providing
Scholarships for Students Losing Aid Because of Drug Convictions |
Errata:
Dutch MedMj, Ecstasy Study Stories Last Two Weeks |
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