Students produced stellar speeches. Parents, friends, and family provided steady and sometimes spectacular support. One World’s Teacher Leader Team went far beyond the call of duty. Community leaders cheered us on and judged student work. One World’s learning community has now proven itself to be more powerful than a pandemic!!!! With no further ado, the 2021 winners are:
Public Vote Winners
Middle School Video
Amyah Foster
Racism
Meridian
High School Video
Simeon Waller
Homelessness
McKinley Tech
Middle School Writing
Zane LaFortune
Technology in Schools
Mary McLeod Bethune
High School Writing
Mattie Isaac
Violence Against Women
Benjamin Banneker
Traditionally-Judged Winners
Middle School Video
1st Place
Amyah Foster
Racism
Meridian
2nd Place
Brizel Martinez-Cruz
Mental Health (Suicide)
Meridian
3rd Place
Fernanda Reyes Funes
Bullying
E.L. Haynes
High School Video
1st Place
Jessica Amaya-Torres
Homelessness (Hostile Design)
Benjamin Banneker
2nd Place
Jasmine Aguila
Environment (Sustainability)
E.L. Haynes
3rd Place
Heysel Alfaro-Amaya
Immigration (Detaining Children)
E.L. Haynes
Middle School Writing
1st Place
Philip Abatan
Homelessness
Howard
2nd Place
Rocio Cruz
Cellphones in School
E.L. Haynes
3rd Place
Genessis Sanchez-Ramirez
Gender Wage Gap
Paul
High School Writing
1st Place
Mattie Isaac
Violence Against Women
Benjamin Banneker
2nd Place
Tais Moore
Environment (Recycling)
McKinley Tech
3rd Place
Tiaret Payne
Mental Health (Suicide)
IDEA
Judges
Tiffini Andorful, CityBridge
Neec Bowyer, Friend Of One World
Vivian Brodsky, Friend Of One World
Ja’Sent Brown, DC Central Kitchen
Melanie Brown, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Caitlin Campbell, Education Forward DC
Allister Chang, DC State Board of Education
Jeff Franzen, Friend Of One World
Susan Fuldauer, American Income Life Insurance Company
Emily Gasoi, DC State Board of Education
Karin Gilder, OSSE
Elizabeth Gutting, Boise State University
Andrew Hinshaw, Carlos Rosario
Derrick Johnson, Social Justice School
Paula Langsam, DC Public Library
Suzie Loungeway, John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation
Sean O’Neill, Education Forward DC
Morgan Pinckney, DC Public Library
Michaele Samuel, Prince George’s County Public Schools
Orlando Serrano, National Museum of American History
Jessica Trevelyan, Hattie M. Strong Foundation
Kaylin Wainwright, Carlos Rosario
Raymond Weeden, Thurgood Marshall Academy
Robin Weisman, Friend Of One World