The Community Writing Project Awards

Each year, PWR sponsors its annual Community Writing Project Awards.

Instructors who have taught CWP-designated sections of PWR 1 and/or PWR 2 courses within the previous three quarters are invited to submit the very best of their students’ community-based projects for judging.

Nominations may include CWP projects in all forms (written, multimedia, and/or spoken) that students produce either individually or in collaborative groups. Within each of two categories, one for PWR 1 and one for PWR 2, three prizes may be awarded: Winner, First Runner-Up, and Second Runner-Up. Student winners receive Community Writing Project Awards certificates and cash awards.

Student winners and nominees; their instructors; their community agency mentors; friends of PWR, the Community Writing Project, and students honored are invited in the awards ceremony at the end of the academic year.

2004-2005 Community Writing Project Award Winners:

PWR 1

 

Winner: Sebastian Burduja

Instructor:  Anton Vander Zee    

Project: Conscious Living Guide: Food Chapter    

Agency:  World Centric

Agency Mentor: Aseem Das

 

 

First Runner-Up:  Daniel Lee, Daniel Novinson, and Jon Zemel

Instructor:  David Colon    

Project: College Handbook   

Agency:  East Palo Alto High School

Agency Mentor: Sharon Cravanas and Principal, Maura Morino

 

 

Second Runner-Up:  Eric Chen, Jason (Hyungsoo) Kim, and Nikhil Sachdev 

Instructor:  Stacey Anderson    

Project:U.N. Report on Human Rights Violations Against Bangladeshi Minorities

Agency: Human Rights Congress for Bangladeshi Minorities     

Agency Mentor: Dhiman Chowdhury  

 

PWR 2

 

Winner: Eric Teasley, Argenia Torres, Rajiv Santi, Alan Yiu 

Instructor:  Stacey Anderson   

Project: Pre-Fire Plan   

Agency:  Palo Alto Fire Department

Agency Mentor: Dan Firth

 

 

First Runner-Up:  Sari Bourne, Matt Leva, Josh Corn, Toti Moreland 

Instructor:  Carolyn Ross   

Project: Teacher Training Materials: "LGTB 101" and Presentation to LGBTQ Youth:  "How to Deal: Depression, Self-Mutilation, and Suicide"    

Agency:  Outlet

Agency Mentor: Juan Barajas

 

 

2nd Runner-Up:  Leslie Finger and Natalie Rios

 Instructor:  Bump Halbritter    

Project: “Education in East Palo Alto”    

Agency:  Sustainable San Mateo County

Agency Mentor: Shelley Kilday