ADVISORY/Los Angeles Community College District Foundation and Hispanic Scholarship Fund Launch Scholarship Program.

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ADVISORY...for Wednesday (October 30)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

    About the Event: According to a Pew Hispanic Center report,
        Latinos are far more likely to be enrolled in two-year
        colleges than any other group. About 40 percent of Latino 18-
        to 24-year-old college students attend two-year institutions
        compared to about 25 percent of white and black students in
        that same age group. In a united effort with the Los Angeles
        Community College District (LACCD) Foundation, the Hispanic
        Scholarship Fund (HSF), the nation's leading organization
        supporting Hispanic higher education, is launching a
        scholarship fundraising campaign to help Latinos at LACCD's
        nine campuses transfer to four-year colleges and universities.

        HSF and the LACCD Foundation will kick-off the campaign with a
        reception to honor the Honorable Sylvia Scott-Hayes, the first
        Latina to serve as president of the LACCD Board of Trustees in
        its 30-year history.

    HSF/LACCD COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP BACKGROUND: HSF
        and LACCD Foundation created the HSF/LACCD Community College
        Transfer Scholarship in the name of Sylvia Scott-Hayes to
        recognize her steadfast mission to increase the number of
        students transferring to four-year institutions, and pursuing
        a college degree. Scott-Hayes has demonstrated exemplary
        leadership on educational, environmental and diversity issues,
        and has been instrumental in establishing LACCD as a gateway
        to opportunity for all students seeking a college education.
        This new scholarship program keeps with HSF's mission to
        double the rate of Latinos earning college degrees by 2010.

        The amount of money raised this year will be matched two-to-one
        with funds granted to HSF from the Lilly Endowment, Inc.
        Scholarships to LACCD students will be awarded as $2,500
        scholarships to students who are transferring to four-year
        institutions.

    Interview Opportunities:

    --  The Honorable Sylvia Scott-Hayes, member, LACCD Board of
        Trustees

    --  The Honorable Warren Furutani, president, LACCD Board of
        Trustees

    --  The Honorable Jose Huizar, member, Los Angeles Unified School
        District Board of Education and former HSF Scholar

    --  Dr. Mark Drummond, LACCD Chancellor

    --  Julia Juarez, regional director, HSF Southern California

    Time and Place: Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2002, 5 - 7 p.m.
                    San Antonio Winery
                    737 Lamar St.
                    Downtown Los Angeles
                    323-223-1401

    About HSF: The Hispanic Scholarship Fund (HSF) is the nation's
        leading organization supporting Hispanic higher education. HSF
        was founded in 1975 with a vision to strengthen the country by
        advancing college education among Hispanic Americans, the
        fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population. In support of
        its mission to double the rate of Hispanics earning college
        degrees, HSF provides the Latino community more college
        scholarships and educational outreach support than any other
        organization in the country. Headquartered in San Francisco,
        HSF has opened offices in Southern and Central California,
        Texas, New York, Georgia and Illinois. In addition, HSF
        launched the Washington, D.C.-based Hispanic Scholarship Fund
        Institute to generate public partnerships in support of its
        work. During its 27-year history, HSF has awarded nearly
        54,000 scholarships in excess of $89 million to Latinos from
        all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands who
        have attended more than 1,300 colleges and universities.

    About LACCD: The largest community college district in the
        country, the LACCD educates more than 130,000 students each
        year, offering educational opportunities at nine colleges in
        the Los Angeles area. Approximately 50 percent of LACCD's
        student body is Hispanic.