WeHo Pride 2023 - Booth Application for Community Groups
Organization/Group Information
| Organization/Group Name |
Scholar's First Academy LLC
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| Applicant Name |
Tinnisha Hutchinson-Nolan
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| Applicant Title or Relationship to Organization/Group |
Co-Founder
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| Applicant Email Address |
[email protected]
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| Applicant Phone Number |
+16612088177
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| Please briefly describe your organization/group and its mission or purpose: |
Scholar's First Academy offers academic tutoring and educational support services to youth and families in our community. Additional program services include mentoring and peer support groups for youth and families struggling with mental health, domestic violence, and sexual assault.
The mission of Scholar’s First Academy LLC (SFA) is to provide educational support services to students, parents, and educators, as well as the community in our effort to help close the achievement gap with inner-city youth in disadvantaged communities. We foster one-on-one support and small group tutoring in diverse and supportive learning environments to address individual student learning needs and improve efficacy and confidence in their growth and ability to learn and overcome challenges. We offer a wide variety of program services for youth ages 5-24 years of age, including mentoring and workforce development and job readiness programs for youth ages 14-24 years of age.
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| Is your Organization/Group a 501c3? (It is not a requirement that your organization be a 501c3) |
No
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| Please briefly describe the Organization/Group's connection to LGBTQ Pride |
Our founders have worked in education and youth development for over 16 years and have a level of compassion and empathy for all youth especially our LGBTQIA youth. Some of this work has included youth development specifically working with LGBTQ youth in Wisconsin and Nashville. My previous work with organizations like the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee included a timeframe where I managed a high school site for an all girls high school St. Joan Antida High School. The school had a large student body that identified as LGBTQ. Our program services were catered to serve the needs of those youth specifically. In working with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee where we were able to create a partnership with an LGBTQ youth serving organization where we housed homeless LGBTQ youth in our facilitates at night so they would have a safe place to stay during the night. Our personal experiences with LGBTQ PRIDE have included attending various PRIDE events in Milwaukee, WI, Nashville, TN and WEHO PRIDE the previous two years. We are advocates of youth and support youth and families of the LGBTQ community. Our founders both represent the LGBT community and can relate to and understand the support services needed for youth specifically in this community.
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| Please briefly describe the Organization/Group's connection to West Hollywood |
We have attended WEHO PRIDE the previous two years and would love to offer support services to the youth and families in our community. Additionally, we love and often take the opportunity to dine and have lunch meetings at local restaurants in WEHO.
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Booth Space Activation
| Please describe you proposed activity within your booth space. |
Scholar's First Academy would like to utilize the booth space to promote and raise awareness for mental health resources and support services for members of the LGBTQ community. The resources will include pamphlets, brochures, and literature that addresses mental health and provided community resources and available places for individuals to seek support and/or receive assistance. Our organization will be promoting our peer support services for individuals struggling with and need support for mental health. We will use this opportunity to raise awareness while providing resources for the community. We will have items to give away to the public such as: PRIDE flags, pens, keychains, literature, resources, and selling our signature collection of journals and t-shirts.
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| How many 10' x 10' booth spaces are you requesting? |
1
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| How many people will staff your booth each day? |
3
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| What is your organizations excepted load-out duration? |
Under one hour
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| What is your organizations excepted load-in duration? |
Under one hour
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Agreement with the City of West Hollywood
| Please note that, if selected, your organization may be required to provide insurance and/or apply for ancillary permits (i.e. a Business Tax Certificate) |
I agree
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Additional Information
| If there is any additional information you would like to share, please use the below space: |
We would love for you to check out our website to get a little more acquainted with us at www.scholarsfirstacademy.net
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