Past One Community Grant Recipients

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Previous Grant Recipients:

2023–2024 Grant Recipients

  • Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers - 2023 SHPE National Convention ($500)
  • Adelante Juntos - Hygiene Hugs ($450)
  • Sigma Delta Tau Sorority - Thanksgiving for International Students ($300)
  • Minority Student Advisory Board - Spring Leadership Conference ($800)
  • 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)
  • Women's Leadership Alliance - Annual Women in Leadership Spring Brunch ($1,200)
  • Catholic Newman Community - Alternative Spring Break Trip to Romero Ministries Center ($500)
  • Chasity England - Colors of Resilience: A Celebration of Queer POC Stories ($1,994)
  • Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority, Inc. - “Modified Bodies, Material Selves: Beauty Ideals in Post-Reform Shanghai” Discussion with DrJulie Starr Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Hamilton College ($500)
  • Indulgence Dance Crew - Spring Show ($500)
  • Fencing Team - 2024 USACFC Club Championship Trip ($500)
  • Pride Network - Annual Pride Gala ($840)
  • Association for the Development of Interest in the Indian Subcontinent - Mela ($1,000)
  • Minority Male Leadership Association - High School Success Symposium ($4,000)
  • ROC Talks - Annual Talk Event ($900)
  • Rochester Bhangra - Taste of India ($500)
  • Bangla Bhasha - Bangla New Year Celebration ($1,135)
  • Christopher Ayavaca - UR Campus Leaders ($435)

2022–2023 Grant Recipients

  • Spanish 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 Recipients

  • Kappa 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 Recipients

  • Alpha 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 Recipients

  • Society 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 Recipients

  • Spanish 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 Recipients

  • Muslim 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)