Applications are currently being accepted for the $5,000 Marie Harrison Environmental Justice Scholarship. Qualifications for applicants include acceptance to a post-secondary academic institution, such as a college or university; attendance of a high school in the Bay Area; residing in a neighborhood impacted by environmental pollution; and more. To apply and for more information, including on qualifications, click here: https://tinyurl.com/bdhwhdjb

The scholarship continues the legacy of Marie Harrison, who passed away in 2019. She is pictured above protesting at PG&E's Hunter's Point Power Plant. She was an environmental justice leader and supporter of impacted youth. Ms. Harrison spent decades working to bring environmental, health and social justice to the Bayview-Hunters Point community. Her actions inspired environmental justice communities throughout the Bay Area.