{"id":60102,"date":"2012-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/eighth-grader-from-east-greenwich-pens-winning-essay-for-gandhi-essay-contest\/"},"modified":"2012-05-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T00:00:00","slug":"eighth-grader-from-east-greenwich-pens-winning-essay-for-gandhi-essay-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2012\/05\/eighth-grader-from-east-greenwich-pens-winning-essay-for-gandhi-essay-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Eighth grader from East Greenwich pens winning essay for Gandhi Essay Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 30, 2012 \u2013 An essay entitled \u201cMaking a More Beautiful World,\u201d by East Greenwich eighth grader Grace Miner, claimed the top spot in the Gandhi Essay Contest sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program.<\/p>\n


\nMiner, who is 14 and attends Cole Middle School, wrote an essay that focused on Gandhi\u2019s teachings and calls for nonviolence in the face of oppression; and how his work influenced Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Her essay was voted the best of 187 entries, resulting in 22 finalists representing eighth graders from all over Rhode Island.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cGandhi\u2019s nonviolent philosophy led to the emancipation of India\u2019s people and the establishment of home rule. Gandhi inspired Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose nonviolent philosophy led the struggle for equality and justice for African Americans. Dr. King\u2019s beliefs were influenced by reading Gandhi\u2019s work, discussions with advisors who had been to India, and meetings with those who had actually met Gandhi. Dr. King inspired others all over the globe to peacefully advocate for change, to nonviolently resist oppression, and to draw attention to their humanity not only by the righteousness of their cause but by the righteousness of their resistance,\u201d Miner wrote.<\/p>\n


\nAt a May 1 ceremony on 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Kingston campus, Miner read aloud her essay and received a certificate and a $100 prize. Second\u2013place finalists received certificates and $50 prizes and third-place finalists received certificates and $30 prizes.<\/p>\n


\nSecond Place:

\no\tPatricia Alzaibak, 14, of Tiverton, who attends Saint Philomena School.

\no\tEmily Elder, 14, of Barrington, who attends Gordon School.

\no\tMichael Ludwig, 14, of Newport, who attends St. Michael\u2019s Country Day School.<\/p>\n


\nThird Place:

\no\tDanielle Dotter, 13, of Cranston, who attends Western Hills Middle School.

\no\tSydney Farrea, 13, of East Providence, who attends Sacred Heart School.<\/p>\n


\nA complete list of finalists is below.<\/p>\n


\nThe Gandhi Essay Contest Committee included: Business Professor Ruby Roy Dholakia, Writing & Rhetoric Associate Professor Libby Miles, Education Associate Professor Diane Kern, Political Science Professor Emeritus Art Stein, Psychology Professor Charles Collyer, President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Robert Carothers, and Paul Bueno de Mesquita, who is director of the Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies. The Readers and Judging Committee included: Dholakia, Mathematics Professor Emeritus Dilip Datta, Miles, Tapati Lahiri, Nina M. Kajiji, Stein, and Visiting Buddhist Geshe Scholar Thupten Tendhar.<\/p>\n


\nThe Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies at 溏心vlog免费B站 engages in activities and projects that foster mutual understanding among people, in which nonviolent processes are used to reconcile conflicts and to build peaceful, sustainable and inclusive communities that promote human rights, and economic and social justice for all.<\/p>\n


\n2012 Gandhi Essay Contest Finalists:<\/p>\n


\nAnastasia Paterson, St. Michael\u2019s Country Day, Newport

\nBeibhinn Anderson, Providence Country Day School, East Providence

\nColleen McCauley, Chariho Middle School, Charlestown

\nDanielle Dottor, Western Hills Middle School, Cranston

\nEmily Elder, Gordon School, Barrington

\n*Grace Miner, Archie R. Cole Middle School, East Greenwich*

\nHaley Medeiros, Alan Shawn Feinstein Middle School, Coventry

\nIsabella Casey, St. Michael\u2019s Country Day, Newport

\nIsabelle Bolanos, Saint Philomena, Tiverton

\nKatie Caparco, Chariho Middle School, Charlestown

\nKatherine Milson, Saint Mary School, Cranston

\nLinnea Bjornson, Saint Philomena, Tiverton

\nMadeleine O\u2019Shea, St. Michael\u2019s Country Day, Newport

\nMichael Ludwig, St. Michael\u2019s Country Day, Newport

\nPatricia Alzaibak, Saint Philomena, Tiverton

\nSydney Farrea, Sacred Heart School, East Providence

\nTyler Hickey, Saint Margaret School, Rumfo<\/p>\n


\nPictured above

\nGrace Miner, 14, of East Greenwich reads her winning essay in the Gandhi Essay Contest sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program. Photography of all finalists is available upon request. 溏心vlog免费B站 Photo by Joe Giblin.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 May 30, 2012 \u2013 An essay entitled \u201cMaking a More Beautiful World,\u201d by East Greenwich eighth grader Grace Miner, claimed the top spot in the Gandhi Essay Contest sponsored by the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies and the 溏心vlog免费B站 Honors Program. Miner, who is 14 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60102\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}