Grassroots Scholarship Information
Central State Regional Conference Participation
May 1 - 3 - Cincinnati, Ohio

The Central State Region of the Alliance for Community Media (ACM) is offering scholarships for PEG access producers, volunteers, board members or access staff persons to attend the May 1 - 3, 2008 Central States Regional Alliance Community Media conference in Cincinnati, Ohio.

The funds are to help offset conference costs in hopes of encouraging ACM regional leadership, invite greater diversity of participation, enhance and expand your access experience, improve production skills and expand your knowledge of public, education, and government access organizations.

The scholarships are provided by the ACM Central States Region. The Region will grant each applicants selected two nights in a hotel room May 1 & 2, and the room may be shared by other recipients. The selected individual awarded funds must attend the Cincinnati conference.

Who is Eligible?

Assistance is limited to (a) those current, paid individual members of the Alliance for Community Media who reside in the 4 Central States (OH, KY, IN, MI) or (b) you must be an active producer, board or staff member affiliated with an organizational member of the ACM (ask your access manager to see if your organization qualifies). You will be expected to submit a report of your experiences to the Grassroots Committee within two weeks after the conference.

How to Apply

Please provide the following information in a letter. Your name, mailing address, phone, fax. And the name and address of the ACM affiliated organization you belong to plus a brief statement outlining:

(1) How will you benefit by your attendance at the May 1 - 3 Central States Regional Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio?

(2) What have you done to support PEG access in your community? For how long? Why do you think PEG access is important to your community?

(3) If selected, how would you use the knowledge gained to invite an even greater diversity of "voices" in your community?

4) Are you an individual member of the ACM? Is your affiliated access organization a member of the ACM? You must include acknowledgement from your access center documenting your involvement in local programming, this can be done by the Volunteer Coordinator or Executive Director with a signature.

Please apply by U.S. mail to:

When to Apply

Deadline is Friday, March 21st, at 5pm. All mail requests must be postmarked by Friday, March 21st. Scholarship recipients will be notified by March 28th.

Scholarship applications will be evaluated according to the following:

Applicants must be currently an ACM national member or a member in good standing of an ACM organizational member and live in one of the four states of the Central State Region. You must be active as a producer, community volunteer, board member or staff person working in access. ALL producers and volunteers are encouraged to apply.

Other Requirements:

Before receiving the scholarship, recipients must sign a waiver indemnifying ACM and the Central State Region from all liability arising out of attendance at the conference: not limited to incidents involving travel, lodging, transportation. Grants will be made at discretion of the Central States Region Board of Directors Scholarship Committee; decisions are final and not subject to appeal. ACM Central States Region reserves the right to revoke scholarships before conference dates. Please submit a report of your experiences to the Board within two weeks after conference.