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Meet the Point Foundation’s Class of 2010

The Point Foundation recently named their 25 scholarship recipients of 2010 — they include a cadet, a football captain, and the founder of Mississippi's first GSA.


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Like a scout for scholars, the Point Foundation searches out the best and brightest LGBT students. The Los Angeles-based organization grants tens of thousands of dollars in tuition to dozens of collegians each year, some cut off financially from their families because of their sexual orientation. Following a six-month search, the Point Foundation recently announced its 25 scholars of 2010. The diverse group includes a former janitor, a young man who underwent an exorcism at his mother's hands, and a woman, previously fired for being gay, now entering her third year of law school. Meet the future:


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Kay Adam
- from Minneapolis
- pursuing a BS in economics at Augsburg College
- Wells Fargo Point Scholarship recipient

Adam is a Minnesota transplant, having emigrated from Kenya as a Somali refugee in 2004. In the short time that he has been in the United States, he has been involved in social justice issues. After being hired at 16 as a janitor for an LGBT youth center, Adam went on to lead efforts to find stable housing for his peers. In addition to his community organizing for homeless youth initiatives, he is a leader at his school’s gay-straight alliance.

Adam attends Augsburg College in Minneapolis. He is studying quantitative economics with minors in mathematics and communication studies. He is an active amateur photographer, and two of his photos ended up being postcards promoting the Minnesota Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, on which he worked. Adam hopes to go to graduate school to study either statistics or economics, and he plans to use quantitative tools to help inform policy making at the federal and state level.

Adam is interested in extending the privileges afforded to him to others who haven’t been fortunate enough to obtain higher education. Adam speaks three languages and also hopes to use his international experiences in policy-making efforts. Currently, he is interested in issues surrounding health policy, security policy, and international economic development. His thesis on health policy has been accepted for an oral presentation at a national undergraduate research conference. Adam is a McNair Scholar, Martin Olav Sabo Scholar, a Soul Essence Community Leadership Award winner, a North Star Stem Scholar, and a Pfund Scholar, honors that recognize both his academic achievements and his volunteerism. Currently in his junior year, he is preparing himself for entry into a Ph.D. program.

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Reader Comments
  • Name: Olin
    Date posted: 6/20/2010 9:42:14 PM
    Hometown: Brooklyn

    Comment:

    Thank you Advocate, first for continuing to publish articles about the Point Foundation and now showing us profiles of this year's 25 scholarship award winners. Reading their brief biographies was inspiring and uplifting. Point puts our contributions and bequests toward obvious and life affirming benefits. The foundation can be found at pointfoundation.org. Looking at their financial statement will show how well they are operated and what great good they do, both for LGBT youth, and ultimately the world. Those of us who so frivolously squander so much might do well to remember our needy, the youths who, like these young idealistic people, are so deserving of higher educations. Your wills or checkbooks - and even your life - would be bettered by generously supporting Point, as I intend to do in my will. This is our chance to do something really life changing!

  • Name: JC
    Date posted: 6/20/2010 5:04:42 PM
    Hometown: Durham, NC

    Comment:

    None of these individuals founded Mississippi's first GSA. I contacted the Advocate and informed them of the false information within this article, but they have refused to remove it. I don't mean to diminish anything that these fine young people have done; but by spreading false information, the Advocate diminishes the hard work of the activists that came before them. I am very disappointed.

  • Name: MattSmith
    Date posted: 6/17/2010 4:31:51 PM
    Hometown: Palm

    Comment:

    What a great looking group of young Americans! Cograts to them all!

  • Name: Davlin Court
    Date posted: 6/17/2010 4:08:18 PM
    Hometown: Long Beach

    Comment:

    Bouquets and hugs to these fine young people. This article just made my day (good as it was)100% better. An uplifting and inspiring article. Thank you Advocate.

  • Name: Jay
    Date posted: 6/17/2010 2:11:39 PM
    Hometown: Santa Monica

    Comment:

    Congratulations to these outstanding young people and thanks to the Point Foundation. Inspiring to learn of their commitment and of their overcoming of adversities.



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