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In the News

Read the latest news about the Hawkinson Fund, current and past Honorary Awardees or Hawkinson Scholars, Donors and Friends of the Fund.

09.22.21 Hindolo Pokawa’s latest program in Sierra Leone to address rape culture, 2006 Scholar Hindolo Pokawa

09.03.21  Charlie Taylor’s Estate Donation

02.17.18 Danai Gurira On Her ‘Black Panther’ Role: ‘She Protects What We Would Have Been’, NPR, 1999 Scholar Danai Gurira

12.12.16 Unitarian Universalist allies cheer Standing Rock victory, UU World. 2012 Scholar Karen Van Fossan

12.01.16 Bismarck residents got the Dakota Access Pipeline moved without a fight, PRI, The Takeaway. 2012 Scholar Karen Van Fossan

11.18.16 BH Forum and Press Addresses Policing and Race Relations, SDPB Radio. 2015 Scholar Vaughn Vargas

10.20.16 Rapid City Police Department to tackle Native American recruitment, KOTA Territory News. 2015 Scholar Vaughn Vargas

08.14.16 Iraqi peace activist to give talk on Middle East conflict, Mankato Free Press. 2013 Honoree Sami Rasouli

08.03.16 A protest over tuition hikes leads to a conflict between arrests and awards, City Pages. 2012 Scholar Rashaan Mahadeo

06.2016 Protecting Lakota culture with science, tech, engineering & math, TEDxRapidCity. 2015 Scholar Vaughn Vargas

04.22.16 SD Mines’ Vaughn Vargas awarded Truman Scholarship, Mines News. 2015 Scholar Vaughn Vargas

04.04.16 Q&A: Emily Strasser, The Wake. 2015 Scholar Emily Strasser

03.09.16 Cultural committee sets membership and goals, Rapid City Journal. 2015 Scholar Vaughn Vargas

03.09.16 Rapid City launches police advisory committee, KOTA News. 2015 Scholar Vaughn Vargas

02.17.16 Nonviolent Peaceforce wins Nobel nomination for its nonpartisan aid in war, Pioneer Press. 2014 Honoree Mel Duncan

12.30.15 6 to watch in 2016: Community liaison Vaughn Vargas, Rapid City Journal.  2015 Scholar Vaughn Vargas

11.23.15 Mizzou protest not an isolated incident, MSR News. 2012 Scholar Rashaan Mahadeo

10.27.15 Duncan describes impact of Unarmed Civilian Protection, Midland Daily News. 2014 Honorary Award Winner Mel Duncan

10.23.15 National Center names 2015 “40 Under 40” List of Emerging American Indian Leaders, NCAIED News. 2015 Scholar Vaughn Vargas

10.12.15 Bismarck-Mandan churches without leaders finally fill posts, The Washington Times. 2012 Scholar Karen Van Fossen

10.05.15 Scholarship honors Odetola for peace and justice work in Senegal, UMN School of Public Health. 2015 Scholar Love Odetola

9.17.15 Vargas Named Hawkinson Foundation Scholar for Peace Initiatives, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. 2015 Scholar Vaughn Vargas

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