GHRP Contest Scholarship 2025

1. What actions would YOU as an individual take to stop ridicule, stereotyping, indifference, bullying, violence, hatred and/or discrimination of any kind?

2. How would YOU inspire and involve your peers in YOUR call to action?

3. Include the Display Permission form.

FOR STUDENTS not submitting an essay, include a paragraph or two that explains to the viewer or listener the thoughts behind your work so that they can best understand what your project conveys. Your write up should include:

1. A project title - explain the meaning behind your title.

2. What message/theme is your project communicating? How does your submission demonstrate the answers to the two project questions?

3. If applicable, why did you choose the colors, notes, instruments, etc. in your work?

4. If applicable, why did you employ symbols in your work and share what each one represents?

5. Please tell us anything else about your project that you would like the judges/readers/listeners to know.

6. Include the Display Permission Form

PLEASE READ THE REQUIRED BACKGROUND INFORMATION BELOW BEFORE YOU ANSWER THE CONTEST QUESTIONS. 

We have read and learned much about the Holocaust of the 1930s and 40s, the killing of 6 million Jews and 5 million people of differing backgrounds. Most recent acts of extreme violence including the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville, Virginia, the deadly attack on Jewish worshippers in Pittsburgh, mass murders on October 7th of music festival participants in Israel, and the attack on Israeli soccer fans in November 2024 in the Netherlands bring to light the present day continuation of antisemitism, discrimination and violence. 

Many around the world and possibly you have read The Diary of Anne Frank, the writings of a 13 year old girl who was forced into hiding to escape Nazi persecution and lived in secret for over two years 24 hours a day with her family. Non-Jews risked their lives to provide for the Franks’ safety and well-being until they were captured. Anne's diary reflected her thoughts and hopes, always referencing a bright tomorrow. She did not live to see a better future. 

Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, was deported by cattle car at fifteen years of age along with his family to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Wiesel recalled the shame he felt when he heard his father being beaten and was unable to help. Having witnessed and survived unspeakable acts of genocide Wiesel swore to never be silent whenever and wherever human beings are victims of humiliation. 

Here is one quote taken from his book, Perils of Indifference: “Of course, indifference can be tempting. It is so much easier to look away from victims. It is so much easier to avoid such rude interruptions to our work, our dreams, our hopes. It is, after all, awkward, troublesome, to be involved in another person’s pain or loss of hope. Yet, for the person who is indifferent, his or her neighbor is not important. And, therefore, their lives are meaningless. Their hidden or even visible pain is of no interest. Indifference makes other people into something less human.” 

In your life, you may have seen someone being bullied and did something about it or maybe you did nothing but in hindsight you wish you had. You may have been witness to hate speech directed at an individual or specific group of people or even been the victim yourself of prejudice and discrimination. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO USE YOUR VOICE TO EFFECT CHANGE.

Please draw on your opinion, knowledge and experiences to support the actions you propose.

You may choose to submit an essay, poem, musical piece, photo montage, video, art work, multimedia presentation, play or dance.