{"id":72444,"date":"2016-07-06T14:01:13","date_gmt":"2016-07-06T21:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=72444"},"modified":"2016-07-11T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-11T20:53:01","slug":"1000-scholarship-contest-for-l-a-county-high-schoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2016\/07\/06\/1000-scholarship-contest-for-l-a-county-high-schoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"$1,000 scholarship contest for L.A. County high-schoolers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-72445\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tony-Borbon-Youth-Scholarship-contest.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Borbon Youth Scholarship contest\" width=\"225\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tony-Borbon-Youth-Scholarship-contest.jpg 301w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Tony-Borbon-Youth-Scholarship-contest-290x300.jpg 290w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>LOS ANGELES \u00a0&#8211; High school students in Los Angeles County have a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship by submitting a short film or video on the impact of gun violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s part of the second annual <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony Borbon Youth Scholarship Video Contest,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> presented by the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and the Violence Policy Center in Washington. D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;In light of the increased national attention on the issue of gun violence, we want to give high school youth in Los Angeles County a platform to share their experiences and offer solutions,&#8221; stated Daniel Healy, director of the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The contest is open to all high school students in Los Angeles County. Students are invited to submit films or videos that explain how gun violence hurts their communities, as well as the positive actions that can be taken to reduce gun violence. Films\/videos should be three minutes or less and should follow the contest rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information on how to enter the contest or for contest rules, visit <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vpcgla.org\/videocontest\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.vpcgla.org\/videocontest\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Entries are due by Monday, August 1. \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The video contest winner will receive the $1,000 Tony Borbon Youth Scholarship and will be honored at the Violence Prevention Council\u2019s Angel of Peace Awards on Sept. 21. The runner up will receive $500. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scholarship is named after Tony Borbon, a firefighter and activist who helped establish the Violence Prevention Coalition of Greater Los Angeles and dedicated his life to preventing violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LOS ANGELES \u00a0&#8211; High school students in Los Angeles County have a chance to win a $1,000 scholarship by submitting a short film or video on the impact of gun violence. 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