$100,000 Stop the Hate Essay Contest Announced for Students

BEACHWOOD, OH - This year's Stop the Hate Youth Speak Out $100,000 essay contest has been officially announced by the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage.

Students in grades 6 through 12 should draw inspiration from from Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel’s human rights legacy while responding to a prompt inspired by the words of this advocate for tolerance:

In 500 words or less, students should share an incident when they or someone they know was treated unfairly or they treated someone unfairly based on race, socioeconomic status, gender, religion, etc. Why was this judgment wrong? How did the experience affect you? What have you done and what will you do to help end intolerance and create a more inclusive community?

The contest is open to Northeast Ohio 6 to 12th graders in Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull and Wayne counties. Students can attend a public, private, religious, home, online or charter school. Entries are due Fri., Jan. 6, 2017, for grades 6 to 10 and Fri., Jan. 20, 2017, for grades 11 to 12.

Twenty-five finalists will appear at the final judging and public awards ceremony on Tues., April 25, 2017, 6 p.m. at The Milton and Tamar Maltz Performing Arts Center in University Circle, 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland, OH 44106.

Image via the Maltz Museum