Skip to main content Past One Community Grant Recipients Quicklinks: Previous Grant Recipients: 2023–2024 Grant RecipientsSociety of Hispanic Professional Engineers - 2023 SHPE National Convention ($500) Sigma Delta Tau Sorority - Thanksgiving for International Students ($300) Minority Student Advisory Board - Spring Leadership Conference ($800) Adelante Juntos - Hygiene Hugs ($450) Axum Dance Group - Ethiopian and Eritrean Student Association (EESA) Feast at Columbia University ($500) Out in STEM (oSTEM) - Canadian Drag Queen and Contestant on Drag Race Canada ($1,450) 2022–2023 Grant RecipientsSpanish and Latino Students Association - Tropicana Dance ($1,100) Students Association for the Development of Arab Cultural Awareness - Yemeni Awareness Gala/Dinner for Peace ($2,560) Korean Student Union - K-Night event ($1,000) Spanish And Latino Students' In Training for Awareness - Arte del corazón ($640) Student Organization for Caribbean Awareness - Caribweek ($2,775) Seulgi Dianne Lee - Nuestras Vidas en Paginas ($2,000) Minority Male Leadership Association - 10th Year Anniversary & Scholarship Luncheon ($3,500) Sigma Phi Epsilon - Equality & Identity Symposium ($700) Undergraduate Students' Association Government Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee - First Annual Cultural Fair ($3,500) Liberty in North Korea - Fire Noodle Event ($200) Students Association for the Development of Arab Cultural Awareness - A Night Around the World ($1,250) Puerto Rican Student Organization - Navidades en Roc ($1,000) Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students - Annual Medical Education Conference ($500) Agape Christian Fellowship - Operation Christmas Child Project ($500) Adopted Students Alliance - Let's Talk Microaggressions ($400) 2021–2022 Grant RecipientsKappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated - 27th annual Denise Yvonne Giles Annual Crimson and Creme Scholarship Ball ($4,380) GlobeMed - 9th Annual Benefit Lunch ($2,000) Pride Network - Pride Gala ($2,500) Students Association for the Development of Arab Cultural Awareness - Peace Event ($1,850) University of Rochester Disability Awareness - Accessibility Challenge series of events ($500) Ariana Gundlach - Sant Jordi Festival ($1,338) Agape Christian Fellowship - Open Door Mission Packed Meal Making for the Homeless ($500) Student Organization for Caribbean Awareness - Carifesta ($1,600) The Puerto Rican Student Organization - Navidades en ROC ($2,000) Spanish and Latino Students Association - Desfile de Moda ($270) Kerimar Nadal - One Community Talent Show ($500) Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers - SHPE National Convention 2021 ($500) 2020–2021 Grant RecipientsAlpha Phi - "How to be an Ally Program" ($1,000) Minhtam Tran - "Redlining and Gentrification in Rochester and the 19th Ward" ($500) Pi Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. - "26th Annual Denise Yvonne Giles Scholarship Ball ($931) Spanish & Latino Students Association - "Salsa Activo" ($500) Black Students Union - "Black Appreciation Dinner Awards ($810) Hannah Witkin - "One Community Program Talent Show" ($175) Medallion Program - "Medallion Program's How to be an Antiracist Leader Workshop Series" ($1,000) SA Government - "Free Early Voting Shuttle" event ($500) 2019–2020 Grant RecipientsSociety of Hispanic Professional Engineers - "SHPE National Convention 2019" ($500) Kit Miller - "Edwin Nichols on Cultural Axiology, Epistemology, and Logic" ($765) Its On Us - "BDSM Night" ($205) UR Esports - "Gaming without Borders" ($200) The Douglass Leadership House - "The Black Emporium" ($4,000) Students Association Government - "Campus Wide Service Fair" ($504) National Society of Black Engineers - "National Society of Black Engineers 46th Annual Convention ($500) Agape Christian Fellowship - "ACF and CRU Outreach: Operation Christmas Child Gift Event" ($360) 2018–2019 Grant RecipientsSpanish and Latino Students Association - "31st Annual Tropicana Dance" ($1,500) Dr. Molly Ball - "Representing Latinos in Film" ($250) Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) - "SASE National Conference & STEM Career Fair" ($500) Douglass Leadership House - "The Black Emporium" ($4,500) Active Minds - "Surviving and Thriving after sexual assault: Creating strength out of trauma" ($2,205) Emerson Finkle- Religion 160 Class - "Parliament of the World Religions: Global Citizenship Practicum" ($4,000) International Education Week Speaker Series - "Globally Engaged: Conversations with Women who Lead" ($3,000) Students for a Democratic Society - "Palestine Awareness Month" ($950) Roc Players - "Caberet Talkback" ($200) Xclusive Step Team - "BSU Unity Step Show" ($500) Refugee Student Alliance - "Gala for Dreams" ($500) Korean Percussion Group - "Korean Percussion Performance for Korean Adopted Children in Rochester" ($90) Destiny Maitland - "Women of Color Caucus" ($750) Pan-African Students Association - "Afrikanza" ($500) Mu Sigma Upsilon Corority Inc. - "R.A.C.E.- Recognizing and Celebrating Ethnicities" ($500) Dining Team Green - "National Farmworkers Awareness Week Panel Event" ($400) Agape Christian Fellowship - "Open Door Mission Packed Meal Making for the Homeless" ($250) Catholic Newman Community - "The Gumball Gala" ($500) Student Association for the Development of Arab Cultural Awareness (SADACA) - "Arab Heritage Month" ($600) 2017–2018 Grant RecipientsMuslim Students' Association – "MAS-ICNA Convention: American Muslims Islamic Duties and Civic Obligations" ($500) Minority Association for Pre-Medical Students – "Regional Medical Education Conference" ($504) UR DREAMers - "Liberation Retreat: Undocumented, Unafraid, Unapologetic" ($600) Black Students Union - "20/20: Minority Leadership Training" ($500) Student Organization for Caribbean Awareness - "Carifesta" ($300) Minority Male Leadership Association - "Healthcare and Technology Youth Apprenticeship Program" ($500) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. - Mu Sigma Chapter - "25th Annual Miss Black and Gold Scholarship Pageant" ($550) Spanish and Latino Students Association - "Carnival: Rumba de Pasion" ($100) Refugee Student Alliance - "Diversity Fair" ($550) Project Pengyou at the University of Rochester - "Spotlight on China and U.S." ($250) Xclusive Step Team - "Step On Down the Road " ($200) Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers – "National SHPE Conference" ($500) Student Association for the Development of Arab Cultural Awareness - "Arab Conference at Harvard" ($1,000) Hillel at the University of Rochester – “Racial Justice Alternative Spring Break” ($1,500) Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. - Mu Sigma Chapter - "The Black Tax, The Cost of Being Black in America" ($1,200) Minority Male Leadership Association - "Black Tie Gala" ($2,500) Pride Network – "Battling for Equality: LGBTQ & HIV legal issues in the military community" ($1,500) Minority Association of Premedical Students - "Annual Medical Education Conference: Embracing Our Diversity, Filling the Gaps and Building the Future" ($500) Douglass Leadership House - "DLH Course Trip: Black Paris" ($5,000) National Society of Black Engineers - "NSBE National Convention" ($1,000) University of Rochester Newman Catholic Community - "Snow Ball" ($700) University of Rochester Christian Fellowship - "Annual Alternative Spring Break" ($2,500) Pan-African Students Association - "Afrikanza (Mayibuye iAfrica which translates to Restore Africa" ($500) TEDx University of Rochester - "Making Waves: What happens when we rock the boat" ($500) Hong Kong Student Association - "Hong Kong Appreciation Week" ($1,000) UR DREAMers - "DREAM Week: Immigration Monologues" ($300) La Unidad Latina, Lambda Upsilon Lambda Fraternity Inc. - "P.A.T.H.E. Scholarship Program" ($200)