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FOLLANSBEE-HANSEN SCHOLARSHIPS

Application for 2024 is closed.
Thank you to all who applied!! 

Future applicants can check back next spring (Late March/Early April) for our 2025 scholarship cycle.

PFLAG Sacramento is pleased to offer scholarships of $2,000 or more to qualified students from the Sacramento area. The scholarship is named in honor of The Rev. and Mrs. Merrill Follansbee, and Jean Hansen, our chapter's co-founders and proud parents of LGBTQ+ individuals.

 

WHO SHOULD APPLY

Individuals who:

  • self-identify as a member of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and

  • demonstrate an interest in service to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community, and

  • currently live in the Greater Sacramento Region (El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba, San Joaquin, Amador, or Calaveras County), and

  • will be enrolled at a college, university, or technical school for the following academic year, and

  • have a minimum GPA of 2.5

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*** If you have any questions/concerns, please reach out to scholarships@pflagsacramento.org

Graduation Ceremony
2024 PFLAG Sacramento's Follansbee-Hansen Scholarship Winners

“There’s magic in being seen by people who understand – it gives you permission to keep going.
Self-expression sometimes requires other people. Becoming ourselves is a collective journey.”
- Alok Vaid-Menon

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