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Mission: Point Foundation empowers promising LGBTQ students to achieve their full academic and leadership potential – despite the obstacles often put before them – to make a significant impact on society. Point Scholars and Alumni are socially active leaders who are working every day to achieve greater levels of acceptance and respect for all members […]
About three months ago, I started working as the Library Intern at the Bradbury-Sullivan LGBT Community Center in Allentown, PA, through a grant from the Elton John AIDS Foundation. I was so excited the night before, I could barely sleep. When I walked up to the center and saw the rainbow flags blowing in the […]
Habari! Greetings from Kenya! I am currently writing to you from a tent set near the foothills of Amboseli National Park, where I’ve had the pleasure of waking up to the howl of baboons and cackle of hyenas. And, it is within this unique setting that I felt the need to tell you about what […]
“What do you think is the biggest barrier to viral suppression?” “Stigma.” I scribbled this down on my clipboard. It was my fifth interview with care providers at AIDS Project East Bay (APEB), and the fifth time that stigma had come up as a major barrier to viral suppression for people living with HIV. At […]
Since the start of this semester, I have been interning at the North Carolina AIDS Action Network (NCAAN). Thanks to an Elton John AIDS Foundation internship secured by Point Foundation, I can assist NCAAN without a cost to this nonprofit organization. After accepting my sexuality as a gay man, one of my […]
Point Foundation is honored to partner with the Elton John AIDS Foundation to provide internships for qualified scholars. Our scholars work with HIV/AIDS related non-profits in their communities to end HIV/AIDS through education, research, and more. Today, in honor of World AIDS Day, some of our EJAF Interns describe their internships. Ibrahim Vicks – The Attic […]
Thanks to a grant from the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF), a number of Point Scholars have the wonderful opportunity to intern with organizations that are directly impacting the daily lives of those at risk for, or living with HIV/AIDS. Wells Fargo Point Scholar Marcus Lee tells us about his experience working with Atlanta’s Evolution Project: As […]
Being able to work with Green Chimneys for a second time allowed me to apply the knowledge I gained from my internship last year and use it to create a better experience for the youth. This year, I had a number of youth who not only performed, but also helped with the writing of the play “Not […]