2021 MYPF
2021-22 Mike Yarrow Peace Fellows
Youth Leadership
Meet the 2021 MYPF’s
For the 2021-22 program year we accepted 5 youth organizers to be Mike Yarrow Peace Fellows. Their projects ranged from combating climate change through art to producing a podcast on racial education inequality to gender inequality and bias in digital literacy.
Nonviolent Action as a way of life
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The 2021-22 Peace Fellows
Leila Chavez
Combating Climate Change through Youth Art
Christine Zhang
Gender Bias and Inequality in Digital Literacy Education
Abigail Asare
Racial Inequality in Education
Angella Clarke
Period Poverty
What Alumni Say About the Fellowship
Former MYPF Testimonials
You have been so kind & thoughtful & I’ve really enjoyed this fellowship. Thanks 4 everything.
Jamie MargolinFounder: Zero Hour Youth Climate Action Network
I think one of the most influential aspects of being an MYPF is learning how social advocacy works in the real world. The planning, developing, and execution of my project was heavily based on understanding people and how I could empower them to take action and continue to do so. In social justice work and in a healthy work environment, these skills are essential.
Sitara Nath
I’m proud to have affected at least 50 people at my school with my workshops on understanding/empathy with nonviolent communication, awareness of implicit biases, and psychological concepts…
Edwin Carlos
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