Louie Crew Scholarship & OASIS Grant awards for 2014

In 2012, The OASIS launched the Louie Crew Scholarship and OASIS Grant. Named for the founder of Integrity, who is a longtime resident and leader in the Diocese of Newark, this program annually helps people with scholarly and missional work “at the intersection of sexuality and faith.”

Announced at the 25th anniversary service of The OASIS on June 1, this year’s recipients are:

• The Louie Crew Scholarship was awarded to the Rev. Elizabeth Edman, to assist her with the writing of her book, Queer Virtue: What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and Why Christians Should Care. Edman gave an animated and engaging description of the unique gift the LGBT community can offer the church.
• The OASIS Grant was awarded to the Montclair Protestant Chaplaincy, supporting the work of the Rev. Diana Wilcox at Montclair State University. In addition to an LGBT-inclusive faith community called the Web of Life (which became the first official on-campus Believe Out Loud congregation), Wilcox – who was recently requested as faculty advisor to a fraternity! – shepherds students through all the challenges of college life and has helped them cope with everything from homesickness to coming out and the suicide of friends.