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About the Scholarships

The Blackgoat Scholarship is named for Roberta Blackgoat, a Navajo elder, internationally known advocate and acclaimed weaver who fought for two decades against attempts at relocating her from her ancestral lands in Arizona. An outspoken warrior for the rights of Native Peoples, Ms. Blackgoat inspired generations of women to resist oppression.

The Deborah Scholarship is named for the biblical heroine and famous early Jewish Judge Deborah. Deborah is a unique character in the Bible. She is the only woman to be a Judge of Israel. Her story takes place between the years 1209 and 1169 B.C. She was a prophetess and as a Judge of Israel she held a status equivalent to the king. As Judge, she was also leader of the army of Israel and it is said that Israel enjoyed 40 years of peace during her tenure.

The Gaia-Trent Scholarship is named for the Greek goddess Gaia who is considered the Earth Mother. Gaia being the primordial element from which all the gods originated was worshiped throughout Greece. Gaia theory posits that the Earth is one organism. It is also named for Deb Trent, an artist and priestess from the midwest who has worked on issues of women, poverty, class and helped a number of women in Goddess traditions.

The Magdalen Scholarship is named in honor of the most de-famed woman in Christianity, Mary Magdalen. Her role in early Christianity and the characterization of her as a prostitute has been contested by feminist scholars. Regardless of the true story, she has inspired women to re-interpret, and look again at the role of gender in Christian thought.

The Meerabai Scholarship is named in honor of the Indian saint. Born in early 16th century Meerabai belonged to the royal family of Mewar. She renounced the luxuries of royal life and became an ardent devotee of lord Krishna. Meera composed many devotional songs in praise of Lord Krishna which are sung to this day with great reverence throughout India.

The Rokeya Scholarship is named for Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain who was born in 1880 in the colonial British province of Bengal Presidency. Rokeya wrote courageously against restrictions on women and to promote their emancipation, which she believed would come by breaking the gender division of labor. She criticized oppressive social customs forced upon women in the name of religion, asserting that the glory of God could be best displayed by women fulfilling their potential as human beings. Rokeya wrote Sultana's Dream in 1905 to test her proficiency in English and published this work. After the death of her husband, she founded a school for girls and the Bengali Muslim Women's Association.