Princeton Prize in Race Relations

RantWoman commends to any of her readers who work across cultures and with youth in 9th-12th grades, the Princeton Prize in Relations, recognizing youth specifically engaged in projects related to improving race relations.

RantWoman notes on the website: people who want to participate in this process are asked to submit entries to the closest city offering a prize near where they live. RantWoman's experience for example is that the WA prize committee considered several entries from Washington state. RantWoman is not in a position to comment about whether entries would be welcome from another state if there is no city with a prize near you; RantWoman is the sort of pesky alumna who would be happy to have the alumni association consider the issue if it were to arise.

http://www.princeton.edu/pprize/

The Princeton Prize recognizes students in grades 9-12 who show some
kind of leadership about improving race relations. There are local
scholarships and the possibility of winning a trip to a sumposium in
Princeton in the spring. There are descriptions of example activities previous prize winners were involved with on the website above. The application requires statements from an adult sponsor as well as a student.

One year RantWoman was on the review panel and even the local awards event was a really interesting opportunity for networking; RantWoman recommends this to all who work with youth especially in multicultural setting. The application process is not huge and the deadline is January 31, 2012

RantWoman considers the Princeton Prize to be definitely one of the more worthwhile activities organized by the local alumni association. There is a certain amount of obligatory Rah-rah Princeton drumbeating, but every single person involved locally has some kind of story about dealing with race issues in different eras.