News Release from: City of Beaverton
BEAVERTON'S HUMAN RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMISSION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2013 CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS CONTEST
Posted: April 30th, 2013 10:22 AM
Mayor Denny Doyle and the Beaverton Human Rights Advisory Commission (HRAC) will present the winners of the 2013 Human Rights Creative Expression Contest during the Beaverton City Council meeting on Tuesday, May 14 at 6:30 p.m.
"Each year I gain a deeper perspective on human and civil rights from the work students submit," said Mayor Denny Doyle. "The Commission had a hard time narrowing it down."
The winners' work will be on public display for an entire year in the Young Adult Room at the Beaverton City Library.
This year's winners include:
Elementary School:
* First place: "Cyrus the Great" (essay) by Carson Cummins from Findley Elementary School, fifth grade
* Runner-up: "Racism on a Different Level" (essay) by Gareth Cooper from Findley Elementary School, fifth grade
* Runner-up: "No Matter" (drawing) by Han Yun from Jacob Wismer Elementary School, fifth grade
Middle School:
* First place: "Human Rights" (video) by Torrie Webb from Valley Catholic School, eighth grade
* Runner-up: "A Girls Right to Education" (essay) by Abha Joshi from International School of Beaverton, eighth grade
* Runner-up: "Equal Education for All" (color drawing) by Joanna Hoang from Valley Catholic School, eighth grade
High School:
* "Veritas" (poem) by Colette Parry from Southridge High School, 11th grade
Participants were required to share their feelings, opinions, experiences, and ideas about the importance of human and civil rights in a variety of ways such as: sculpting, painting, drawing, song, poetry, performance piece, movie, photo essay and written essays.
For more information, please contact Rob Solomon at 503-644-9696.
HRAC's mission is to safeguard the rights of all citizens and promote mutual understanding. HRAC helps citizens and government in the city of Beaverton to embrace and celebrate diversity, eliminate bigotry and enhance a sense of community. HRAC continues to be involved in a number of programs that promote basic human rights in the community. The two largest of these are the annual Human Rights Award and Creative Expression Contest.
In 2013, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in Oregon. Since 2007, Beaverton has been named one of the safest cities in the Northwest. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton was named one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communit
ies, the Beaverton Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. Beaverton also enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. For more information, please visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton.
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