The 2022 Alma Rutgers Defining Diversity Contest
Despite trying times and uncertainty, Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman encourages us to let moments of challenge inspire action. Reflect on her words and the events of 2020. Consider your personal experiences, the current social, political, and/or environmental conditions that exist in your community, your town, your country, and your world. How are you giving purpose to the “ache” that you have experienced and/or have been experienced by so many? How do you know that it has not been endured in vain? Please demonstrate your broad understanding of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Students are invited to submit writing pieces, works of art, or multimedia that represent their reflection.
Sponsor Organizations
YWCA Greenwich The First Selectman’s Diversity Advisory Committee
The Greenwich Youth Services Bureau Prizes provided by Greenwich Department of Human Services & Greenwich Fellowship of ClergyJudges
John Breunig
Editorial Page Editor,
The Advocate, Greenwich Time
Contest Judge since 2014
Assistant Dean, Diversity Club Advisor
Greenwich High School
Sarah Darer Littman
Author, Columnist,
Writing Teacher and President of Greenwich Pen Women
Contest Judge since 2014
Writing Teacher, Literacy Specialist
Contest Judge since 2014
Margaret Walsh
Librarian, Greenwich Library
Contest Judge since 2010
Art Submissions
Dehradun Temple
Hugo Levine
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Family Standing
Angelica "Jelly" Bisagni
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
The Watchful Eye
Jackson Signsen
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Namibia: Railroad of The Sand
Jasmine Scott
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Armenian Genocide
Connor DeVries
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
3rd Place
The Dirty War: Genocide in Argentina
Emily Duarte
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
2nd Place
Inflicted Upon Ourselves - Dehumanization: Us vs. Them
Chloe Moskowitz
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
The Sacrifices Of The Common Man
Kaitlyn Raiente
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
They Changed Us
Samantha Tessar
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Their Legacy Lives On: The Native American Genocide
Arden Rodriguez
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Remembrance: The Bosnian Genocide
Benjamin Sirignano
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
We Will Not Be Left Behind: The Bosnian Genocide
Michael Lombardi
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Namibia: The Forgotten Genocide
Aedan Browning
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
The Tall Tree Stands
Sebastian Luksic
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Left Behind: The Syrian War
Maya Antipov
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Once Again: Rohingya Genocide in Myanmar
Sasha Peterson
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Out with the old
Alana Ukperaj
Sacred Heart Greenwich
10th Grade
Mixed Media Submissions
1st Place
Community change agents
Paige Pray
Greenwich High School
12th Grade
Tied 2nd Place
Ukrainian Conflict Memorial
Benjamin Adovasio
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Tied 2nd Place
Uyghur Muslims Genocide
Lorenzo Pugliese
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Writing Submissions
Breakfast Obituary
Eva Marder
Greenwich High School
12th Grade
3rd Place
What’s so Good about Bye
Gabrielle Wheeler
Sacred Heart Greenwich
11th Grade
The Story of Them
Noah Barrett
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Always
Julian Ravina
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
2nd Place
Village Raid
Justin Qu
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
1st Place
Unswallowed Emotion
Emily Elizabeth Cabanero
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
The Lucky Ones: Argentina's Dirty War
Benjamin Tirana
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
No Justice for the Dead: The Japanese Invasion of China
Maxwell Jessen
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
Interview with Mr. Indifference
Shreya Prabhu
Greenwich High School
9th Grade
The Shameful Western Response to the Rwandan Genocide
Aubrey Niederhoffer
Greenwich High School
10th Grade