Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund

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Eligibility
  • Graduate or undergraduate students who are enrolled in an accredited school or the time period covered by the grant
  • Must live in the United States and plan to enroll in an accredited program in the U.S.
  • Strong preference for grantees who plan to stay in the U.S. and build the progressive movement here
  • Early recipients fought for civil rights, against McCarthyism, and for peace in Vietnam. More recently, grantees have been active in the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression; building the movement for economic justice; and creating peace through international, anti-imperialist solidarity.
Student Type
  • 1st Year
  • 2nd Year
  • 3rd Year
  • 4th Year
  • Graduate
Citizen Type
  • US Citizen
  • Permanent Resident
  • International or Other Visa Status
  • Undocumented
Description

The Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund provides financial support for students who are active and emerging organizers in progressive movements for liberation, self-determination and social and economic justice in their communities. Grantees are doing work characterized by an opposition to capitalism, racism/white supremacy, hetero patriarchy and gender-based violence, environmental exploitation and/or other forms of systemic harm and oppression.

Procedure

Application forms and instructions are available on the program website. See application materials.

History

The Fund was founded in 1961 as the Marian Davis Scholarship Fund, a memorial to a teacher and political activist who died of breast cancer in 1960. Marian was an advocate for racial justice and the rights of labor. While raising her family, she was also at home in the classroom, on the picket line, or in a jail cell. 

Marian’s husband, Horace B. Davis, who was called Hockey by all who knew and loved him, organized the Fund as a tribute to her. Hockey was committed to creating a Fund to honor a talented teacher, loved by her students, who was persecuted for her work for peace and freedom.

Contact Information

For questions or concerns, email: https://www.davisputter.org/contact-us