YOUNG VOICES:
THE WINNERS OF
2025 TEAM WESTPORT
TEEN DIVERSITY
ESSAY CONTEST

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1st Place: Annam Olasewere, Understood. Connected. Valued.

2nd Place: Aanya Gandhi, White Paint and Other Lies

3rd Place: Souleye Kebe, S-L-M

 Honorable Mention: Sienna Tzou, The Value of Identity from the Start

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Storyfest:
Julian Brave NoiseCat
on 'We Survived the Night'
Mon, Oct 13, 7-8 pm
Westport Library

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Our Mission.

Issues stemming from multicultural shortcomings are national problems. Yet they exist in Westport too. Achieving and celebrating “a more welcoming, multicultural community with respect to race, ethnicity, religion and LGBTQIA+” offers us a tangible, achievable objective for community activities as well as opportunities for individual commitment. 

If our neighbors represent all the parts of the world in which we live, that will strengthen the community’s fabric – the way our lives interact. 

We will do a better job of preparing our children for their future. 

Our lively civic discourse will become even richer when additional diverse viewpoints are represented. 

And perhaps most importantly, we will increase the possibility that each of us — in our own ways and in our own lives — will experience, enjoy and grow from the richness of diversity in our community.

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It takes everyone together, not one group here or there. Othering, in all ists forms, runs through our society. It doesn’t affect one group, but all groups. Empathy runs through us all too. Together we are strong.

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How can I help?

Help us achieve our mission to extend, and celebrate a more multicultural community. Your contribution will help support the Teen Essay Contest, special events programming, and other initiatives.