Minidoka Pilgrimage College Scholarship Application

In an effort to continue to provide an experience of social justice in action, and to create diverse input, participation and energy, the Minidoka Pilgrimage Committee, Nisei Veterans Committee / Nisei Veterans Foundation and Seattle University are proud to offer this unique scholarship opportunity to students.

Student scholarship recipients are asked to assist with work activities before and duringthe 2015 Pilgrimage as well as assist with fundraising planning and community outreach. The 2015 Day of Remembrance Taiko Fundraiser is schedule for Sunday, February 15, 2015. All scholarship recipients are encouraged to be involved in the planning of subsequent Pilgrimages. The 2015 pilgrimage will be from June 25th - June 28th.

Priority deadline: Monday, January 12, 2015

Name: (please print- Last, First, Middle)

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Phone: (home)______(cell)______(work)______

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1.  What are your past and current volunteer and/or work experience?

2.  What skills do you possess that you can contribute to the Minidoka Planning Committee (i.e. computer skills, photography, website maintenance, budgeting)?

3.  (Briefly) Why are you interested in joining the Minidoka Pilgrimage?

4.  (Briefly) What is your knowledge of the Japanese American WWII incarceration experience and specifically about the Minidoka WRA Camp? Please explain.

5.  We ask that scholarship recipients complete a project to help document the Minidoka Pilgrimage or a way to help the overall Pilgrimage. What ideas do you have for your project if you awarded a scholarship? For example, past projects include videotaping, photography, poetry, creating an evaluation survey for the Pilgrimage. (Please explain and include relevant experiences. Please note SU students may be asked to present at the Day of Remembrance program at SU.)

6.  Are you interested in being on the Minidoka Pilgrimage Planning Committee to plan the 2015 and/or 2016 Pilgrimage? Yes ___ No ___

7.  Please provide one Reference (non-family member):

Reference Name: ______

Relationship to you: ______

Job Title: ______

Telephone: ______

Email: ______

3 / Send scholarship to: or mail to Seattle University – ISCE, 901 - 12th Avenue, PAVL 160, Seattle, WA 98122-1090, ATTN: Dale H. Watanabe, Minidoka Scholarship