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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
11/21/03
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 #312, 11/21/03
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Harsh New Drug Bill About to Be Introduced in House |
Jamaica: Ganja Decrim is Moving Again |
Incident at Goose Creek: Fallout Continues in Aftermath of High School Drug Raid |
DRCNet Interview: Youth Sociologist Mike Males |
Call Campaign Targets Congressmen Voting Against Medical Marijuana |
Newsbrief: Methamphetamine Labs Are Not Weapons of Mass Destruction, North Carolina Judge Rules |
Newsbrief: California Judge to Run for Senate on Legalization Platform, Libertarian Ticket |
Newsbrief: Mexico City's Top Prosecutor Goes Off the Reservation -- Talks Legalization While Fox Government Vows Loyalty to Drug War |
Newsbrief: California to Quit Sending Parolees Back to Prison Over Drug Tests |
Newsbrief: Arkansas Attorney General Rejects Medical Marijuana Initiative -- Again |
Newsbrief: Filipino Senator Calls for Firing Squads in Continuing Escalation of Drug War Rhetoric |
Newsbrief: Reform Judaism National Body Endorses Medical Marijuana |
Media Scan: Jack Cole of LEAP on Cultural Baggage Radio Show Next Week |
DRCNet Temporarily Suspending Our Web-Based Write-to-Congress Service Due to Funding Shortfalls -- Your Help Can Bring It Back -- Keep Contacting Congress in
the Meantime |
Perry Fund Accepting Applications for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 School Years, Providing Scholarships for Students Losing Aid Because of Drug Convictions |
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