2025 Denim Day Scholarship

Amount: First place – $1000 / Second place – $500
Eligibility: Senior High School students who have been accepted into a secondary education program
Length Requirement: 500-750 words OR 3–4-minute video
Deadline: June 1, 2025

Requirements:
Scholarship will be awarded to student contingent upon enrollment verification at a higher education institution. Check will be paid directly to that institution. The winner’s name may be published on the New Horizons website and/or social media.

Prompt:
Reflect on an individual or group recognized historically as revolutionary activists in the movement to end sexual violence. (Ex: Marsha P. Johnson and her role in the transgender equality movement). How has the work done impacted policies and laws, and do we still see those impacts today?

Submission:
Essay or video is due by 11:59pm on Sunday, June1, 2025. Essays and videos can be written or recorded and submitted in English, Hmong, or Spanish.