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Human Rights Creative Expression Contest 2010

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Human Rights Creative Expression Contest 2010

Beaverton’s Human Rights Advisory Commission announced the winners of the 6th Annual Human Rights Creative Expression Contest at the Beaverton City Council meeting on May 17, 2010. The contest took place from January to March 2010. The 2010 honorees, selected by the Human Rights Advisory Commission, had the opportunity to present their submissions at the City Council meeting and each received a gift certificate to Powell’s Books. Stop by the Beaverton City Library, Young Adult Room to view the works or click below to download.

View the Winning Entries of the 2010 Contest (PDF) booklet

View elementary school runner up videos:

Elementary School

  • Winner: Mehreen Krueger’s 5th grade class, Sexton Mountain Elementary School — “We Dream of a World” — artwork and prose
  • Runner up: Sheila Panyam and classmates, Brenna B, Sushruta C, Srinik C, Dharma E, Uma P, Taylor P — Montessori School of Beaverton — “A Great Soul” — movie
  • Runner up: Montessori School of Beaverton — Michaela C, Megha D, William G, Kayla P, Kalina W — “Rosa Parks/Civil Rights Movement” — movie

Middle School

  • Winner: Arman Talkar — “The Importance of Acceptance” — essay
  • Runner up: Teresa Powers — “Support Love” — poster
  • Runner up: Rachel Mumaw — “Who We Were…Who We Are” — poem

High School

  • Winner: Naman Jain — “Hope For Tomorrow” — poem
  • Runner up: Missy Patterson — “Finally…Acceptance” — painting and poem
  • Runner up: Tarisa Diebel — “The Way I Was Meant To Be” — poem

Human Rights Creative Expression Contest


The City of Beaverton’s Human Rights Advisory Commission (HRAC) invites all Beaverton area elementary, intermediate, and high school age students to enter this annual contes.

This is an opportunity for you to share your feelings, opinions, experiences and ideas about the importance of human and civil rights, and the best part is: you can use ANY medium to convey your thoughts.

That’s right! You could paint or draw a picture, write or sing a song, write a poem, play, or performance piece, make a movie, create a photo-essay, sculpt your message in clay, and of course written essays are always welcome, too. The possibilities, like your imagination, are limitless.

In addition to a public display of entries for an entire year at the Beaverton City Library, the HRAC will hold an awards ceremony at a City Council Meeting in May, honoring one winner and two runners-up from each age category (elementary, intermediate, and high school) for their exemplary work. Previous top winners have had their work published in local papers. Some have been chosen to present their work at the annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration the following January.

Judgment Criteria: Winning entries will show a comprehensive understanding of human rights issues (discrimination, inclusion, etc.) in a creative and original style. Participants must attend classes or be home-schooled in the Beaverton area. Entries may be submitted by an individual, in small groups, or by an entire class, but only one award will be presented per entry.

Contest opens again January 16, 2011