MADISON — A $1,200 scholarship will be offered by the Clarence Kailin Chapter of Madison Veterans for Peace to a Madison high school senior who writes the best original essay on the peace topic “Why I Believe War is not the Answer.” Application materials may be found at www.madisonvfp.org. The deadline for submission is May 3, 2014. Questions may be addressed to Paul McMahon at 608-233-1997 or via email at heartlandphoto@tds.net
The scholarship is open to any senior student at a Madison public high school who will graduate this spring. Applicants must plan to enroll at Madison Area Technical College (Madison College) beginning the fall semester 2014, to be eligible.
Madison Veterans for Peace is also known as the Clarence Kailin Chapter, named after the long-time Madison peace activist and social reformer, who was a founding member.
Clarence died in late 2009 at the age of 95. The scholarship was named after Korean war veteran Dr. James Allen, also a long-time peace activist and member of the UW medical faculty, who died in 2011.
The scholarship to attend MATC (Madison College), has been offered since 2009.
Previous winners have been named from all five Madison public high schools (East, West, Shabazz, LaFollette and Memorial.)
