LINDA STEIN UPSTANDER AWARD

HONORING JOYCE AND DIANE FROOT

TO INCLUDE:

$5000

PUBLIC AWARD CEREMONY

PUBLICATION

FRAMED 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.

Apply Here

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: