Apr10
Release Date:
04-10-09
Announcement of Greenfield Peace Essay Winners
Oregon PSR is pleased to announce the ten finalists of the Greenfield Peace Essay contest. Contestants from twenty-eight cities throughout Oregon entered by submitting an original essay of a minimum of 500 words describing their thoughts on the following statement by Wendell Berry, “If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war."
Ranking for the first, second and third places will be announced at the Award dinner. The top three essays will be read to dinner attendees by the student or a PSR board member. Students in the running for one of the top three scholarships for $2,000, $1,500 and $1,000 are:
- Teresa De Sitter, Hood River, Hood River Valley High School
- Eleanor Ellis, Salem, South Salem High School
- Lindsay Harrop, McMinnville, McMinnville High School
The remaining seven finalists who each receive $500 in scholarship money are:
- Dana Bacharach, Portland, Lincoln High School
- Maza Brady, The Dalles, Wantonka High School
- Madeline Bearzi, Sisters, Sisters High School
- Eric Hoffman, Beaverton, Southridge High School
- Thu Le, Beaverton, Beaverton High School
- Cynthia Morales, Sherwood, Portland Adventist High School
- Megan Usselman, Stayton, Regis High School
Each winning student and a family member are invited to be our guests at the Award Dinner on
April 18, 2009 at the Doubletree Hotel, Portland, 6:00-9:00 pm. Winners will also receive a free subscription to YES! Magazine.
Oregon PSR would like to thank all the students who entered the competition. Our Board of Directors and judges were pleased to have so much thought and energy put into each essay. It is our goal to increase the contestant participation and community support for the Greenfield Peace Essay Contest each year. Please join us in this endeavor and help us celebrate the evening of the 18th!
Our keynote speaker for the evening will be Sarah van Gelder, co-founder and editor of YES! Magazine, the quarterly journal devoted to building a more just, sustainable world.
All donations raised will support Oregon PSR peace work and the 2010 scholarship fund. Tickets are $50 by check or through our website at www.oregonpsr.org. Free and reduced tickets are available for students and teachers. And tickets for seeing the Keynote speaker without the dinner are available too for $10. Call us (503) 274-2720.
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