Mission Statement
The Arthur E. Coia Scholarship & Education Fund empowers graduating high school students to pursue higher education at colleges and post-secondary technical institutions. Inspired by Arthur E. Coia’s belief that organized labor has a responsibility to educate and strengthen its members and their families, the Fund supports academic achievement, leadership, and community commitment.
“Opening the gates to higher education.”
The scholarship fund is named after LIUNA General Secretary - Treasurer Emeritus Arthur E. Coia, who believed strongly that organized labor must take responsibility for educating and training members and their families.
"This scholarship pays tribute to one of our union's most distinguished leaders while opening doors to the future for all of these deserving young people from our hard-working Laborer families," said LIUNA General Secretary-Treasurer, Michael F. Sabitoni.
The creation of the Arthur E. Coia Scholarship and Education Fund was his legacy to the working men and women he served for so many years.