The Penn for Immigrant Rights Scholarship

11/20/2017

The 2018 PIR Scholarship has now been released! All the details are listed on our website (shared here) and the application is also linked on our website. Good luck to all prospective applicants! We look forward to reading your applications.

About Us The Penn for Immigrant Rights Scholarship was established in 2013 to provide funding for Philadelphia college-bound high school students regardless of their immigration status. With this i…

10/02/2017

Hi everyone! Please fill out this google form to join our scholarship committee. As a quick refresher, the PIR Scholarship has annually awarded $500 to a PA high school student. PIR hopes this scholarship fund may also help undocumented students, who are often ineligible for most types of financial assistance towards education.

Sign up to join the Penn for Immigrant Rights Scholarship Committee

04/11/2017

Hello everyone! We are so excited to introduce you all to the 4th Annual Penn For Immigrant Rights Scholarship recipient, Nayeli Romero! Her unwavering passion for animals and her dream of becoming a veterinarian informed so much of who she was, and we are so happy to see the scholarship go to a student with so much resolve. Congratulations, Nayeli!

03/02/2017

Reminder that our scholarship is due March 17th! See all the details on our website.

About Us The Penn for Immigrant Rights Scholarship was established in 2013 to provide funding for Philadelphia college-bound high school students regardless of their immigration status. With this i…

05/09/2016

Hi everyone! Hope you're almost done with finals. Just wanted to let everyone know about a study being conducted by one of our PIR allies. She is studying the experiences of undocumented and DACAmented students at highly-selective colleges, as this context has been largely left out in the research that has been conducted about undocumented students in the last fifteen years, and as a result, a lot of these colleges are missing critical resources and support. If anyone is interested in her study, please contact her!

04/06/2016

Penn for Immigrant Rights is pleased to announce Refathun Momo as the winner of PIR's third annual scholarship award! The Penn for Immigrant Rights Scholarship is awarded to a Philadelphia college-bound high school student regardless of their immigration status. PIR established this scholarship in the hope that the fund will help undocumented students, otherwise ineligible for most types of financial assistance. The 2016 award will be presented at a private Awards Ceremony in April.

Refathun aspires to become a psychiatrist and build free hospitals for women and children back home in Bangladesh. Her passion, altruism, and intelligence is evident in her dedication to public service and will serve her well on her path to becoming a doctor. She currently plans to major in biology and psychology at St. Joseph’s University in the fall. The Penn for Immigrant Rights Scholarship Committee is proud to help support Refathun while she continues her studies as a stepping stone into accomplishing her dreams.

10/30/2015

"thedream.us scholarship has partnered with Palm Beach State College (PBSC) to offer scholarships to students who have Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Please help spread the word!
"PBSC serves Florida’s third most populous county with more than 1.3 million residents, and according to data obtained by the Florida College Access Network, PBSC has the largest use of out-of-state tuition waivers by DREAMers in the state of Florida.""

Thanks to Aida D. Rodriguez for helping spread the word!

We are a national scholarship fund for immigrant youth who’ve received DACA, who want to obtain a college education and give back to their communities.

10/10/2015

04/04/2015

Penn for Immigrant Rights is pleased to announce Nagiarry Porcena-Meneus as the winner of PIR's second annual Scholarship award. The Penn for Immigrant Rights Scholarship is awarded to a Philadelphia college-bound high school student regardless of their immigration status. PIR established this scholarship in the hope that the fund will help undocumented students, otherwise ineligible for most types of financial assistance.
Nagiarry aspires to become an author, an activist, and entrepreneur, and a mentor. Her service to others extends to her community through Nagiarry’s community clean-up initiatives and volunteering at her local library. Nagiarry is faithful in her religion and devoted to God through her involvements in Teens for Christ. Beyond her admirable spirituality, Nagiarry is uniquely motivated and meets every dream with love, intuition, and passion.
She intends to graduate with a degree in geology and anthropology, and give back to her beloved country, Haiti. The Penn for Immigrant Rights Scholarship Committee is proud to help support Nagiarry as she continues her studies as a stepping stone into accomplishing her dreams.

03/28/2015

A call for in-state tuition for all New Yorkers- documented or not. College education should be a right, not a privilege that excludes those who can't afford it.

NEW YORK -- A group of 10 undocumented youths launched a hunger strike Wednesday, vowing to pressure New York lawmakers to put funding for a proposed state version of the Dream Act back into next year's budget. Immigrant rights advocates and Hisp...

03/28/2015

Come all the field in front of Harrison to get yourself some bargains!
Tomorrow March 28th we will have our Rummage sale. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TOWARDS THE SCHOLARSHIP.
Come get your gently used clothes to dress to impress this summer.

01/28/2015

We fully support Smith in their endeavor to fund incoming undocumented students!
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/undocumented-student-scholarship-smith-college

Smith, Lead the Way for Undocumented Applicants! | Crowdfunding is a democratic way to support the fundraising needs of your community. Make a contribution today!