To advance equity for young African American men by leveling the academic playing field, free of debt.
African American
Male
Resident in the Bay Area of California
Any accredited academic institution of higher learning
Ages 18-26
2.5 GPA and above high school student
At Risk Youth
Faced adversity
Demonstrates resilience
This scholarship fund will provide financial grants ranging from $1,000-$10,000, to support African American men ages 18-26, pursuing their academic goals as community college and/or undergraduate students. The Isaiah Earl Hall community seeks to build strategic partnerships with varying organizations throughout the Bay Area, who are focused on the welfare and advancement of young African American men.
Isaiah Earl Hall was a dynamic and once at risk African American youth. He found himself facing serious trouble as a teen and was fortunate enough to be placed in a diversion program in lieu of jail which changed his life. During his time in a youth guidance center, counselors and staff recognized his strengths and saw his potential, before he did. Through this process he was able to complete his diversion program a year early, and was also able to not only successfully return to his community and high school, but went on to complete college at Humboldt State University and was in the process of earning his Master’s Degree in Sociology before his life was accidentally ended too soon. Isaiah is most remembered by his infectious smile which often lit up a room. His approach to life was full of abundance and love. He was most fulfilled in his own work with at-risk youth at the Ella Hill Hutch after school center in San Francisco.
Isaiah is missed by his parents Earl Hall, K. Patrice Williams, brother Myles Hall and the Hall and Breaux family. His father, Earl Hall was extremely proud of the young man Isaiah became and felt it was a real honor to be his parent and biggest supporter. Additionally, Isaiah was an avid motorcyclist, and in college a football player, which also served as further reinforcements of his talents. This fund is in his honor, and name for all the young boys and men like him, who have faced difficult life circumstances, adversity and other societal factors causing disenfranchisement, but who then realized they had untapped potential all along and rose up and fulfilled their academic dreams of college and greater citizenry.
Through the IEHF, Isaiah’s life will never be forgotten and his spirit will live on.