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Our crowdfunding campaign has ended. You can still support the Zuri Adele Fellowship for HBCU Alumni by clicking here.
Back in 2020, amidst local and global calls for action to protect Black bodies and uplift Black voices, TFT launched our first-ever Zuri Adele Fellowship crowdfunding campaign. You and others supported that effort and made a meaningful contribution to the work being done at TFT to elevate talented HBCU alumni and allows them to pursue careers in entertainment and diversify the industry, both on and off-screen.
In those few years since, we've had the chance to speak to some of our recipient scholars about the impact of your generosity and the Zuri Adele Fellowship.
This year, we are hoping to raise $5,000 for the fellowship and we need your help!
Striving toward equity within a diverse array of aspiring performance artists is especially necessary at UCLA TFT. With your continued support, we can make top-tier graduate fine arts education more accessible to HBCU alumni beginning with UCLA TFT. Our goal is to expand Zuri’s efforts and mission with your help and take this award to new heights for generations to come!
Can we count on your support again this year? In honor of Giving Tuesday today, please click here to make your gift today and share the link via social media and with your friends and family.
You've blown us away!
Because of your support of the Zuri Adele Fellowship for HBCU Alumni campaign, we were able to reach our goal to fund our next scholar! We are so grateful for your energy, drive, and commitment to support HBCU alumni pursuing MFA degrees at UCLA TFT.
You've provided essential funding for the next wave of diverse creatives, scholars and performers, who we know will go on change the entertainment and visual arts industries for the better.
Thank you for ringing in the new year by making the future brighter for the next Zuri Adele fellows!
There is still time to get us to the finish line! With only 4 DAYS left to give before the campaign closes, we are in the final stretch of securing funding for our next Zuri Adele Fellow! And there is already so much to celebrate as we are well on our way of hitting our target of $3,000 before the campaign ends.
You can continue to help us get there by continuing to share our campaign link: spark.ucla.edu/zuri as a way of showing why diversity and representation in the entertainment industry matter to you.
The ongoing support we have received is truly inspiring. Your dedication to expanding Zuri’s efforts and mission will take this award to new heights for generations to come! Hear from our Zuri Adele fellow Ulato Sam on how this award made an impact on his studies.
Thanks again for believing in the power of HBCU alumni artists!
Have you heard the exciting news? We are now at 36% of our goal.
We are so grateful to those who have contributed to the Zuri Adele Fellowship already and got us to where we are in the campaign. Let's maintain this excitement and support so we can hit our target of $3,000 to fund our next Zuri Adele Fellow! To celebrate, we're introducing you to the very first Zuri Adele award scholar, Ashley Cleveland. Check out her video below!
Please consider sharing our giving link: spark.ucla.edu/zuri with your network so they too can play an vital role in bringing together artists from a diverse array of backgrounds to learn, live and work at UCLA TFT.
Your partnership ensures that we can continue tearing down obstacles in the way of talented HBCU alumni hoping to pursue careers in entertainment and visual arts industries.
We are so grateful to those who have contributed to the Zuri Adele Fellowship For HBCU Alumni already and helped start our campaign off on a high note. This #GivingTuesday, join us in keeping this incredible momentum going so we can hit our target of $3,000 to fund our next Zuri Adele Fellow!
If you haven’t already, now is the time to share with your network the giving link: spark.ucla.edu/zuri so that your social community can play a vital role in advancing our mission to promote diverse storytelling and performance among MFA students at TFT.
Your generosity ensures that UCLA TFT can continue elevating talented HBCU alumni to pursue careers in entertainment and radically change the industry for the better, both on and off-screen. Thank you again for cheering us on and spreading the word!
This week we want to share how grateful we are to you for getting us off to an amazing start! Thank you for all your support in getting us this far!
In this season of giving, we're reminded of how much good will we can generate when we come together. This sentiment drives the heart of the Zuri Adele Fellowship for HBCU Alumni, providing much needed support and community for our HBCU scholars at UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. We are thankful you have become a part of this journey with us to elevate HBCU alumni voices.
With Giving Tuesday coming up on December 1, we would really appreciate if you would continue sharing our campaign link with your friends and family to help us continue raising support for our next scholar.
We wish you a safe and happy holiday! Thank you!
P.S. We hope you enjoy this photo of our scholar Ulato Sam with Oprah Winfrey from her 2020 Vision Tour this past January!
For every ten dollars given, a student can work one less hour in a work-study job -- time that will instead be devoted to furthering their creative process and materializing their vision.
Celebrate 55 years of The Higher Education Act of 1965 that recognized HBCUs as a coalition of accredited post-secondary institutions united by a mission to provide a uniquely superior education primarily to students of African descent. HBCUs continue to be a source of great pride for the Black community and the entire nation.
There are 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States. For decades, these institutions have been dedicated to expanding education beyond the teaching of westernized textbooks, approaching each subject from the African Diasporic perspective.
In 2020 only, donors who itemize when filing their tax returns can benefit from an increase in the deduction limit up to 100% of a donor’s adjusted gross income for cash gifts. Even if you don't itemize, you will be allowed to take up to a $300 charitable gift deduction to reduce your tax liability.
By allowing students to work less hours in a work-study job, you are giving the gift of valuable time that will be devoted to furthering their creative process and materializing their vision.
You are making higher education even more accessible to HBCU alumni with a gift to support 100 hours for a student to devote time furthering their creative process and materializing their unique vision.
Honor the meaningful legacy of The Higher Education Act of 1965 that recognized HBCUs as a coalition of accredited post-secondary institutions united by a mission to provide a uniquely superior education to students of African descent. HBCUs continue to be a source of great pride for the Black community and the entire nation.