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Scholarship Winners 2023-2024 Ki'Asia Benjamin Cleveland Institue of Art Nolan Miller Miami University 2022-2023 Safaria Brown Kent State University Aisha Nelson-Ray OSU-ATI Christopher Vann The College of Wooster 2021-2022 Tamara Turner The College of Wooster

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Environment Committee Chairperson: Cheryl A. Goff We work to ensure that communities are equipped to engage in sustainability and climate action planning that integrates policies and practices on advancing food justice, advocating for transportation equity, upholding civil and human rights in emergency management, and facilitating participatory democracy. Citizens’ Climate Lobby: Constituent Call for Action on Farm Bill Act We want Congress to stand strong on its commitment to our forests. Ask your members of Congress to protect the Farm Bill investments in climate-smart forestry allocated by the Inflation Reduction Act. Go to this Link for Forests to send your message to your Members of Congress. When you put in your personal information, the site will direct you to the message to be sent. It will send to your senators and your representative.

Executive Team President Juanita Greene First Vice President Paul Luster Second Vice President Cheryl A. Goff Third Vice President Rev. Kevan Franklin Secretary Beverly Bixby Treasurer Daniel Kirk Chairpersons Mady Noble Rev. Kevan Franklin Lawrence Walker Barb Friedhoff Scott Gregory Committees Membership Criminal Justice Education Legal Redress MLK DAY Environment Become a Member Join a Committee

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Essay Winners 2024 Grades 1-3 Topic: Ruby Bridges, the first black child to attend an all white school in New Orleans, LA, 1960. First Place Ryker Cook Cornerstone Elementary Grade 3, Mrs. Rubino Second Place Aayu Goudar Kean Elementary Grade 3, Mrs. Ratliff Third Place Liberty Lambert Parkview Elementar y Grade 3, Miss Rutt Grades 4-6 Topic: Linda Brown and the 1954 “Brown v. Board of Education” U.S. Supreme Court ruling desegregating schools. First Place Lucas Pindell Edgewood Middle School Grade 6, Mrs. Fenton Second Place Nadiya Erb Orrville Middle School Grade 5, Mrs. Booker Third Place Lauren Kubb Parkview Elementary Grade 4, Mrs. Corneliu s Grades 7-9 Topic: The 1954 “Brown v. Board of Education” U.S. Supreme Court decision and the role of Thurgood Marshall. First Place Maximilian Seifried St. Mary School Grade 7, Laura Marvin Second Place Karter Wayt Orrville Middle School Grade 8, Mrs. Schelcher Third Place Kai Marullo St. Mary School Grade 7, Mrs. Marvin Grades 10-12 Topic: The 1954 “Brown v. Board of Education” U.S. Supreme Court decision and the slow pace of integration. First Place Rhys Florence-Smith Wooster High School Grade 11, Mr. Klein Second Place Kaleb Wayt Orrville High School Grade 11, Dr. Dziczkowski Third Place Olivia Brown Waynedale High School Grade 11, Dr. Dziczkowski