SYRACUSE, NEW YORK | Two Seeds won the Youth Peace Action Award from the Syracuse Peace Council on June 7.
Both students, Olivia and Lauren, are 2014 Syracuse Seeds at Nottingham High School and were awarded by the Syracuse peace council for their work facilitating race-based dialogues at their school. Olivia also organizes after school workshops on diversity, identity, and conflict management for third graders at Ed Smith Elementary School.
In addition to these Seeds, two students who are active with the Seeds of Peace community in Syracuse were also presented with the award.
Kema is very active in the Seeds of Peace Club at Henninger High School and works to help other refugees prepare for and apply to college.
Abshiro has met with politicians in Syracuse and Washington, D.C., to advocate for the Oromo people in Ethiopia. Abshiro is also involved with the Black Lives Matter campaign and is very active in the Seeds of Peace Club at the George Fowler High School in Syracuse.