Jesse Richardson-Bull ’13 earned an Honorable Mention in the National Peace Essay Contest for High School Students, a national competition run by the Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding. The academy is the education and training arm of the United States Institute of Peace, an independent, nonpartisan conflict management center created by Congress in 1984.
Jesse’s essay, “New Message: The Effect of New Media in Post-Conflict Societies” was one of more than 1,100 essays submitted to the national competition which encourages high school students, teachers, and national leaders to engage in serious discussion about international peace and conflict resolution today and in the future. The 2011-2012 question was, “How can new media best be leveraged to help build peace and prevent conflict?” Read more about the essay competition.
