Apply for the 2023-2024 Fredna S. White Memorial Scholarship by 3pm ET on March 16, 2023.
Named in honor of Fredna S. White, an AFGE trailblazer and champion of human, civil, worker’s, and women’s rights, this scholarship is aimed at supporting women-identifying, AFGE members and their women-identifying family members for their exemplary academic achievement, personal accomplishment, and record of community service and engagement.
The Fredna S. White Memorial Scholarship is open to current students and high school seniors. The majority of scholarships will be awarded for undergraduate study, with occasional awards for graduate study.
Learn more about scholarship eligibility, selection criteria, and application instructions.
With the help of our many sponsors, this year we are again awarding $1,000 scholarships to 20 winners who embody Sister Fredna’s spirit of activism and leadership.
At a hearing on government oversight on March 9, several members of Congress, many of whom are freshmen representatives, defended federal agencies’ use of telework as an effective, valuable tool which, in many instances, has been life-changing for employees who are military spouses or people with disabilities.
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March is Women’s History Month, and we’re voicing our support for a joint resolution introduced by Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md., that would enshrine legal gender equality for women and men in our constitution.
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