The Community Herbalist Scholarship was set up to work toward our goal of including the intersectional issues of oppression, healing, and land in the botany class. Everyone is welcome to apply for the scholarship, and we will focus most of our scholarship money on the following groups.
Indigenous Peoples:
As instructors and facilitators of the botany and bioregional herbalism program, our goal is to work toward reconnecting people and land. We notice that many people already have deep relationship with the land we teach on, most notably the Arapaho, Ute, and Cheyenne people. In light of the ways that settler colonialism works to harm the relationship between people and land, we are committed to supporting indigenous people who want to learn more about local plants. We strongly encourage folks to apply for the Community Herbalist Scholarship, and will give them priority in the application process.
Anti-Oppression and Botany:
The Botany Course is intended to share skills of herbal medicine and wildcrafting informed by an anti-oppressive perspective. In achieving this goal, we want to especially encourage people from the following groups to apply for the Community Herbalist Scholarship.
- People of Color
- LGBTQ People
- People with Disabilities
- Low-income People
Supporting us through advertising:
We are grateful to the venues around Denver that support us by advertising our classes. Anyone who works at one of these places is eligible to receive the Community Herbalist Scholarship and encouraged to apply. If your store or community gathering place is interested in advertising our classes, please contact us (info@mountainherbalism.com) to get on the list!
Confused about the scholarship application process? Please contact us with any questions at info@mountainherbalism.com