First Ever Awardees of Dr. Alma Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications The American Legacy Foundation awarded two youth with the first-ever Alma Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications to Reduce Tobacco use among Priority Populations. The scholarship — created in September 2005 to honor former foundation board member Alma S. Adams, Ph. D. — awards up to $10,000 annually to one high school and one college student for outstanding use of visual arts to increase awareness about the deadly toll of tobacco, especially within underserved racial/ethnic communities. Brian Swaney, a high school senior from Mentor, Ohio, won the award for innovative communications initiatives in his work with stand, the Ohio Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation's youth tobacco prevention counter-marketing campaign. In Ohio, Swaney successfully rallied for smoke-free and clean air policies. He has also worked on drug prevention issues as president of his high school's Teen Institute. Anthony Brow, a senior at North Carolina Central University, was selected for writing "Killing the Game," a play-like performance focusing on minorities dealing with tobacco. Brow co-founded the Student Coalition against Tobacco and was awarded the Community Service of Excellence Award for contributing to change in his school's smoking policy. Dr. Alma Adams, Ph. D. is a Professor of Art at Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, North Carolina. She has been a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives since 1994. A professional artist, Dr. Adams also served on the American Legacy Foundation's Board of Directors as Board Secretary and Vice Chair.