Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Providing promising Latino students with college education gives them the tools to succeed in college and assist their communities. This is critical to prevent the Latino population from forming a permanent underclass in society.

Project Message

These students are the newest global commodity. They think, speak, and operate in two cultures. They are one of our greatest resources and we must provide more access to higher education for them.
- Janet Kier Lopez, Project director

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Peter Iver Kaufman,
Project Coordinator
SLI, c/o Peter Iver Kaufman
Dept of Religious Studies, CB 3225, Saunders Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
United States
919-962-9487
Email:

Project Sponsor

GlobalGiving

Organization

Learn more about Scholars Latino Initiative and the project team.

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in United States and can also be found under Education.

For more information about United States, read the Human Development Report on United States or the Wikipedia entry for United States.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on August 06, 2008.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on December 17, 2006.

Latest Update from the Field

Scholars' Latino Initiative Grows in 2008

By Lauren Teegarden - Student Director of Development, August 06, 2008 03:46 PM

Scholars’ Latino Initiative had much success in spring 2008 and looks forward to additional growth in the 2008-2009 academic year. The program is now housed under the UNC Center for Global Initiatives and continues to increase awareness of Latino education issues on the UNC campus and in North Carolina. We look forward to additional collaboration with both the Center for Global Initiatives and the UNC Institute for the Study of the Americas.

In May 2008, the Siler City and UNC communities celebrated the graduation of eight members of the SLI program at Jordan Matthews High School in Chatham County. Seven of the eight graduates were admitted into four-year colleges, including Harvard, Amherst, Guildford, University of Richmond, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro, Appalachian State, and Meredith College. Many of these students received scholarships to assist with the cost of college attendance from SLI’s Scholarship Fund.

The 2008-2009 academic year will be one of much-anticipated growth, as Scholars’ Latino Initiative continues to expand to other under-resourced communities. In August, Scholars’ Latino Initiative will expand into Lee County, making a total of three rural North Carolina Counties served by SLI-North Carolina centered at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill (Chatham County, Asheboro County, and Lee County). Also in August, at the University of Richmond, the new SLI-Virginia branch will assemble its first conference with Virginia school district officials to select sites for SLI's expansion.

As SLI continues to expand in North Carolina and Virginia, the need for scholarship fund support is even greater. In the future, we look forward to additional growth of Public Service Corp, a program where SLI’s high school students assist younger, at-risk kids from their community.

Look for additional updates in the coming months as SLI continues to grow!

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