Funding Opportunities

Thank you for your interest in applying for the MESA/Trotter Grants. The Office of Multi–Ethnic Student Affairs (MESA) and the William Monroe Trotter Multicultural Center (TMC) offer grant opportunities to student organizations for the purpose of developing programs, events, and activities that foster intercultural leadership and strengthen community development. In alignment with MESA/TMC's mission statement – to promote student development and empower the campus community around issues of diversity and social justice through the lens of race and ethnicity – proposed programs should engage and empower students in all their identities and embody MESA/TMC's commitment to social justice, as we seek to create an inclusive campus for all students.

MESA/TMC goals relevant to grant opportunities are

• Develop student capacity for community building
• Develop student capacity for inter and intra cultural leadership related to knowledge areas and behavioral skills
• Develop student capacity for professional skills related to written and verbal communication

MESA/Trotter Grant Committee Funds Two Types of Grants

Cross-Cultural Partnerships Grant: The CCCB grant sponsors cross-cultural programs between two or more organizations that have not typically worked together to foster a partnership, which encourages alliance in developing an effective program that educates the broader community around issues of community-building and social justice.

Community Building Grant: Support for programs intended to empower underrepresented or marginalized students; however, the grant is also available to allies who have and will continue to support such communities.

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