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Discover stories about how Point Foundation LGBTQ students, alumni and network are impacting communities world-wide. 

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Discover stories about how Point Foundation LGBTQ students, alumni and network are impacting communities world-wide. 

In 2024, Point Foundation experienced significant growth and accomplishments alongside our scholars and alumni. The Point community remains dedicated to advocating for LGBTQ inclusion and equality....

November 08, 2016, teampoint

America Together: Moving Forward After Election Day

As a Political Science major and a political nerd, it has been exciting to witness and take part in...

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November 02, 2016, teampoint

Ask a Scholar: Do you have any advice for someone applying for a Point scholarship for a second time?

Question: Hi! I applied last year and made it to the semi-finalist round. My test scores are very...

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October 28, 2016, teampoint

The Importance of Voice & Interning at NCAAN

Since the start of this semester, I have been interning at the North Carolina AIDS Action Network...

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October 25, 2016, teampoint

Mentor Spotlight: Michelle Carnes

I have had the pleasure of several mentoring relationships, and each shared the same element:...

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October 21, 2016, teampoint

Embracing Diversity

Our times are charged with issues of diversity--now more than ever before, minority issues are in...

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October 14, 2016, teampoint

La discriminación y sus intersecciones

In this post, HBO Point Scholar Daniel Berezowsky discusses the complexities of intersectionality...

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October 05, 2016, teampoint

University of Arizona Trans*Studies Conference

At the beginning of September, the University of Arizona hosted the inaugural Trans*Studies...

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September 09, 2016, teampoint

Being Trans in the Classroom

I meant to write this blog post about being trans while teaching. It will be about that, but as I...

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September 01, 2016, teampoint

Alumni Spotlight: Lawrence Robinson

Lawrence Robinson completed his undergraduate at Claremont-McKenna College as a 2003 Point Scholar,...

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August 11, 2016, teampoint

LEAD & New Directions in LGBTQ Advocacy

A few weeks ago, Point Foundation hosted its Leadership Education & Affinities Development (LEAD)...

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August 04, 2016, teampoint

National Leadership Conference (NLC) 2016

Having grown up in a low-income household, I never had the opportunity to travel very far. In fact,...

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July 14, 2016, teampoint

Point Scholar Valentin Sierra & Mentor Ed Callahan share their thoughts on the Mentoring Program

With our National Leadership Conference only one week away, we decided to share a throwback post...

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