2017 Mike Yarrow Peace Fellows

There are 15 young people accepted as Mike Yarrow Peace Fellows for the 2017-18 cycle of the program.  Below you can read a bit about each person and the project that s/he/they are working on.

Zanta Abebe: 17 yr. old attending Shorewood High School, Shoreline, WA

Implicit Racism and Police Brutality

Samrawit Bereket: 17 yr. old attending Shorewood High School, Seattle, WA

Black Student Union; Police Brutality

Sam Bailey: 16 yr. old attending Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island, WA

Combating Implicit Sexism in Youth

Naomi Dereje: 17 yr. old attending Shorewood High School, Shoreline, WA

BSU; Feminist Club and Intersectionality

Luwam “Lilly” Gezai: 17 yr. old attending Shorewood High School, Shoreline, WA

School to Prison Pipeline

Carlina Green: 19 yr. old attending Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Latin American Immigrants/Intercultural Program

Denait Haile: 16 yr. old attending Shorewood High School, Shoreline, WA

Implicit Racism and Police Brutality

Celene Haque: 21 yr. old attending Seattle Pacific University, Renton, WA

Consent and Rape Culture

Ye Ji Jun: 22 yr. old attending Hope College, Holland, MI

Immigrants and Refugees

Jamie Margolin: 16 yr. old attending Holy Names Academy, Seattle, WA

Climate Change

Savannah Parson: 21 yr. old attending Juniata College, Slippery Rock, PA

Sexual Harassment and Safety

Sara Pham: 14 yr. old attending Holy Names Academy, Seattle, WA

Human Sex Trafficking

Catherine Spencer: 16 yr. old attending Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island, WA

Combating Implicit Sexism in Youth

Linda Zhu: 16 yr. old attending Inglemoor High School, Kenmore, WA

Immigrant Justice

Gerum Zewdie: 16 yr. old attending Shorewood High School, Kenmore, WA

The Social Dilemma Facing Young Black Men