Donate to the Fund
Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to the Virginia Yu Fund for Social & Economic Justice, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt charitable organization helping to carry on the legacy and inspiring life of Virginia. She spent much of her life devoted to social justice, community empowerment, mentoring and counseling traditionally marginalized low-income youth. For the last five years of her life she was a guidance counselor at Lower East Side Preparatory HIgh School where she was dedicated to helping students navigate the school system and encouraging students to do well in school and be socially conscious members of society.
Virginia's family visits her during the 1995 Student Hunger Strike against slave-like labor conditions and for enforcement of labor laws in NYC's Chinatown (Photo credit: Corky Lee)
The Scholarship Program will support graduating high school students from historically disenfranchised, immigrant and low-income communities in New York City. Moreover, the Scholarship Program will recognize and award students who have demonstrated a commitment to social justice in their community through community betterment, change and service. The Scholarship will hopefully defray the costs of college for the recipient.
To make a donation in any amount (Suggested amounts are are $25, $50, or $100, $150 or more).
Donate on-line through PayPal.
Or mail a check payable to "Virginia Yu Fund for Social and Economic Justice" and mail it to: Virginia Yu Fund for Social & Economic Justice , PO Box 3316 R, New York, NY 10008