PENN STATE UNIVERSITY
ANNOUNCES THE
LINDA STEIN UPSTANDER AWARD
HONORING JOYCE AND DIANE FROOT
TO INCLUDE:
$3500
($1500 in stipend plus $2000 in travel)
PUBLIC AWARD CEREMONY
PUBLICATION IN SCHOLARSPHERE
CERTIFICATE
ANNUAL APPLICATION DEADLINE:
FEBRUARY 1, 11:59pm EST
THE PURPOSE OF THIS AWARD IS TO
INSPIRE PUBLISHABLE RESEARCH THAT
PROMOTES UPSTANDER ACTIONS FOR JUSTICE,
ON EITHER THE MICRO-LEVEL
(i.e., EVERYDAY BULLYING, TEASING, OSTRACIZING) OR MACRO-LEVEL
(i.e., STATE SPONSORED, SYSTEMIC)
BASED ON ARCHIVAL RESEARCH WITH
THE LINDA STEIN ART EDUCATION COLLECTION IN THE EBERLY FAMILY
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS LIBRARY
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND THE LINDA STEIN ART ARCHIVES
AT SMITH COLLEGE.
Those who may apply include:
Art Historians, Artists, Educators, Curators, Critics,
Writers, Academics, Students and Scholars.
To honor her late mother, Joyce,
this endowment has been funded by Diane Froot
to exist in perpetuity at Penn State University.
Read Legacy Statement about the Froot Family.
Linda Stein’s art and educational initiatives focus on social justice, and the dichotomies of Power/Vulnerability, Masculinities/Femininities, Warmaking/Peacemaking.
At this time of global inequity made clear by Covid, and with social protesting after the death of George Floyd, we know that if one of those bystander policemen were an upstander, Floyd would be alive today. And so many people of color and “others” would not be subjected to harassment and much worse.
What does it take to summon the courage to be an Upstander?
What are the ways academic writing might inspire action?
Amy Stone sets a good example
in her own story of everyday heroism:
This little hero from Santa Barbara
served as an everyday Upstander.
This video tells her story.
This video Holocaust Heroes: Fierce Females (H2F2) goes beyond everyday bullying, discussing macro issues of state-sponsored harassment leading to genocide.
The following short videos address the inequities coming from racism, sexism, ableism, transphobia and homophobia–issues that cry out for upstanders to come forth as protectors:
Recipients of the Linda Stein Upstander Award will have full access
and THE ARTIST’S DIGITAL ARCHIVES AT SMITH COLLEGE,
as well as HAWT.ORG and STEIN.COM .