Penn seniors target eating disorder risk at Philadelphia public high schools Penn seniors target eating disorder risk at Philadelphia public high schools President’s Engagement Prize-winning project Be Body Positive Philly, led by seniors Christina Miranda and Amanda Moreno, is designed to address eating disorder risk among Philadelphia high school students.
Hope and help for wrongfully incarcerated Pennsylvanians Carson Eckhard (left), Sarah Simon (center) and Natalia Rommen (right) won the President's Engagement Prize for Project HOPE. Hope and help for wrongfully incarcerated Pennsylvanians With Project HOPE, President’s Engagement Prize winners Carson Eckhard, Natalia Rommen, and Sarah Simon will address the lack of support to wrongfully incarcerated people in Philadelphia and across the state.
Empowering refugee communities with access to clean water Empowering refugee communities with access to clean water With project Maji, seniors Martin Leet and Leah Voytovich will use their President’s Engagement Prize to install a solar-powered water tank and provide agricultural and first aid training for members of the Olua I community.
Class of 2021 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced Class of 2021 President’s Engagement and Innovation Prize winners announced The Prizes enable students to take on post-graduation projects that make a positive, lasting difference in the world.
A pivot, from financial literacy to restorative justice A pivot, from financial literacy to restorative justice Collective Climb won a 2020 President’s Engagement Prize as a West Philadelphia-based financial literacy project, but shifted their focus to engage with young people around the issue of community violence.
Increasing access to life-saving, unused medicines in India People wait in line at the pharmacy purchase point, at which medicines can be purchased by anyone. Increasing access to life-saving, unused medicines in India Aarogya, a social-enterprise organization, is led by three President’s Engagement Prize winners. Since receiving the award, they’ve started delivering otherwise-unused medicines that save lives and money.
The impact of providing hands-on, interactive projects The impact of providing hands-on, interactive projects With inventXYZ, President’s Innovation Prize winner Nikil Ragav has created a high-tech curriculum for high school to motivate future problem-solvers.
The joy and power of improvisation The joy and power of improvisation With The Unscripted Project, President’s Engagement Prize winners Philip Chen and Meera Menon create an improv curriculum and bring teaching artists to Philadelphia public school students.
PEP winners connect patients with the medicines they need PEP winners connect patients with the medicines they need Aarogya, a social-enterprise nonprofit created by three President’s Engagement Prize winners and graduating seniors, will bring affordable medicines to low-income people living in India.
A ‘Collective Climb’ to combat poverty From left to right: Hyungtae Kim, Mckayla Warwick, and Kwaku Owusu. A ‘Collective Climb’ to combat poverty With the President’s Engagement Prize, seniors Hyungtae Kim, Kwaku Owusu, and Mckayla Warwick will work to combat poverty in West Philadelphia through education, shared resources, and community collaboration.