Announcing the 2023 TX AFL_CIO Scholarships

Applications Due by January 31, 2023

Click Here – Download the Application

WHO MAY APPLY: Members or children of members of AFM Local 72-147 or children whose legal guardians are members of AFM Local 72-147.  The Dallas Fort Worth Professional Musicians Association, AFM Local 72-147 is affiliated with the Texas AFL-CIO and the Tarrant County Central Labor Council. Applicants must be high school seniors who are planning to attend a university, college or technical institute in the summer or fall term. Scholarships are one-time grants of $1,500.

Application forms are available for download HERE, from your Central Labor Council, or from the Texas AFL-CIO Education Department – P. O. Box 12727, Austin, Texas 78711. THE POSTMARK DEADLINE FOR APPLYING IS MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 2023.

TO INSURE PROPER PROCESSING: Please be sure to list the Tarrant County Central Labor Council, with which your parent’s or legal guardian’s local union is affiliated. Make sure the application is signed by a union officer and at least one parent or legal guardian. Include an official school transcript and if applicable, proof of legal guardianship. PLEASE MAIL APPLICATIONS TO: TEXAS AFL-CIO EDUCATION DEPARTMENT – P. O. BOX 12727, AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711. Incomplete applications will be returned to the student.