Enter the Student Art Contest for Law Day

this scholarship, I had to work 40 hours a week while enrolled in school full time,” she says. “Now I work part time and I can attend classes in person, which has given me more confidence and connections to my fellow students and professors.”

Award amounts are $2,500 for one academic year at a two-year college and $5,000 at a public university, and the scholarship can be renewed for one additional year if students are in good standing and maintain the required grade point average.

Those interested in the scholarship should apply online by May 1 at azfoundation.org/scholarship-seekers.

Dolores Huerta Scholarship Winners

Photos courtesy of city of Tempe

Tempe Municipal Court invites Tempe and Kyrene school district students in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade to take part in the Law Day 2023 art contest. Students can draw, paint, sketch or create a collage depicting the importance of the United States Constitution as a cornerstone of democracy. Students can work alone or in groups of two.

Law Day is on May 1 and is a national celebration created by the American Bar Association. Every year a theme is chosen to educate students on the American legal system and how it contributes to our freedom. The Tempe Municipal Court takes part in the celebration every year.

The deadline to submit is April 14 and all entries will be displayed from May 2 through May 14 at Tempe History Museum, 809 E. Southern Ave. Cash prizes will be presented to the winners. For more information, visit tempe.gov/lawday.

Congratulations to Katie Ritchie and Rohn Ragsdale for winning this year’s Dolores Huerta scholarships! The two Tempe high school students will receive $1,000 scholarships for their civic engagement, community organizing, and leadership. They will be honored during the annual Neighborhood Celebration on April 1 at Kiwanis Park, 5500 S. Mill Ave. The Neighborhood Celebration is an outdoor breakfast party with live music and fun. Awards are presented to the people who make Tempe’s neighborhoods the special places they are.

Dolores Huerta is a civil rights activist and community organizer who has fought for labor rights and social justice for more than 50 years.

In 1962, she and Cesar Chavez founded the United Farm Workers union. She is credited with the rallying cry, “Si Se Puede!” She received the Eleanor Roosevelt Human Rights Award from President Bill Clinton in 1998. In 2012, President Barack Obama bestowed Dolores with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in our country. The civil rights leader will be 93 this year.

In 2019, the Tempe City Council passed a resolution formally declaring April 10 as Dolores Huerta Day.