Two Macalester Students Awarded Project for Peace Grants
Both students will travel to their home countries this summer to lead community-based programs centered around youth engagement and education.
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Mariah Jackson ‘27 to Honor her Mother’s Legacy as Union’s Latest Projects for Peace Winner
Jackson’s project aims to address the disproportionality in discipline rates between student groups in the school district and the correlation of suspensions with increased dropout rates and involvement in the legal system.
Two Trinity students receive Projects for Peace Grants for Work in Burkina Faso and Senegal
by Gabby Nelson
Benedicte and Alexander conceived of these projects separately, but the connection between the projects extends further than the fact that they both take place in West Africa.
Two Students Receive Peace Prizes to Expand Possibilities for Young People in their Home Countries
Ruth Olujobi ’25 and Victor Souza ’26 have each received a Projects for Peace grant to work on self-designed initiatives in Nigeria and Brazil.
From Portfolio Building to Peacebuilding
The Lekelela Initiative aims not only to create peace but also to address the roots of its absence: the lack of educational support that can alter the trajectory of young lives. (1856)
Penn Fourth-Year Annabelle Jin Named 2025-26 Luce Scholar
by Penn Today
Jin is one of 16 students chosen as a 2025-26 Luce Scholar by the Henry Luce Foundation.
Bard Student Grace Miller-Trabold ’26 Awarded Davis Projects for Peace Grant
by Bard College
Miller-Trabold’s project will provide resources for youth workshops on Indigenous Oaxacan textile traditions.
Skidmore Grad Opens Library in Ivory Coast
A Skidmore College alum who grew up in Anyama, Ivory Coast amidst a decade-long civil war returned to her hometown to open a library.
Sharing Educational Opportunities To Build a Brighter Future
by Mia Lumsden
Two WPI juniors get youth in their hometown excited about STEM.