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Former Phillips Scholars

2009-2011 Scholars completed their projects in summer 2010.

	Pa Dao Yang Augsburg College More about Pa Dao Read article Expressionist Art “Youth Leadership Development through the Arts” The project aims to help Hmong refugee youth combine traditional Hmong art with modern art to express themselves. This project will build relationships that will retain the Hmong youth’s cultural ties to the Hmong community.
	Sheng Xiong College of St. Catherine More about Sheng Young Hmong Women and Disabilities: Living, Learning and Leading Together Create a culturally specific summer program dedicated to improving and empowering the lives of Hmong teen girls living with health conditions or disabilities. The program will consist of leadership building workshops and activities to foster deeper connections with the Hmong community.
	Rebecca Lund College of St. Scholastica More about Rebecca Do You Hear What I See? Day camp for students who are deaf or hard of hearing and their hearing classmates. The project objectives are to build relationships among the participants and teach hearing students about deaf culture, including American Sign Language.
	Laura Jensen Gustavus Adolphus College More about Laura Cultural Experiences and Self-Awareness (CESA) I would provide a program for Hispanic 4th -6th grade children that would enrich their knowledge of their Latina cultural identity as a part of the American culture and provide them with scaffolding help for developing leadership and goal setting skills. Read more about Laura
	Adam Zagoria Hamline University "Bodies Upon the Gears" A documentary film and a developing curriculum which seeks to explore, through a sample of Hamline University students, how young adults in America form political identities and what factors affect their political development.
	Andrew Wilson St. Olaf College More about Andrew Hip-Hop Anonymous (Hip-Hop Anonimo in Spanish) In order to erase the skewed negative reputation that the youth of Northfield, MN have received through recent local and statewide medial coverage, I will create a new branch of the Northfield Union of Youth: The Key, called “Hip-Hop Anonymous” that will use the four main aspects of true Hip-Hop culture to allow youth of Northfield the chance to demonstrate their colors in an appealing, community-approved way.

2008-2010 Scholars completed their projects in summer 2009.

	Jewelly Lee College of St. Catherine More about Jewelly Post Secondary Exploration Before Graduation Mentor and empower Hmong high school students as they explore future possibilities through workshops focused on self empowerment, college preparation and career development.
	Senia Jutila College of St. Scholastica More about Senia Junior Explorers Camp - Exploring new friendships and new opportunities This camp will provide 6-9 year olds with Autism Spectrum Disorders with a safe and structured summer day camp experience. The camp will focus on social interactions, which is something this population often struggles with, along with fun and recreation!
	Mao Lor Concordia University More about Mao Kev Sib Raug Zoo (Better Relationships) Better Relationships will work with the Hmong Culture and Language program at Concordia University to enrich and assist Hmong immigrant families to strengthen parent and children relationships by acquiring better communication skills, better understanding of higher education and with more awareness of the community.
	Caitlin Polivoda Hamline University Young Women’s Leadership Camp I will work with the YWCA to develop and facilitate a leadership program that will empower young women by introducing them to leaders with whom they can identify and helping them develop leadership skills.
	Kristin Riegel Macalester College More about Kristin ¡Yo, Latina! ¡Yo, Latina! will work with young Latina women, ages 16-18, to increase media literacy and knowledge of media production techniques. The young women in the program will utilize their new skills and pre-existing knowledge and experiences to create an online magazine for Latina teenagers in the Twin Cities.
	Jennifer Kramm St. Olaf College Latino VentuREACH A service-learning extension of an existing Northfield middle school summer program designed to prevent gangs.