Congratulations Grand Prize Winner
Zoë Schmidt receives a 4-year $20,000 scholarship and
St. Joseph Academy receives a $5,000 Anti-Bias Education Grant
Click the video to watch her winning essay
Watch the 16th Annual Stop the Hate Awards Ceremony
About Stop the Hate Youth Speak Out
The Stop the Hate® contest is an initiative of the Maltz Museum that celebrates Northeast Ohio students committed to creating a more accepting, inclusive society by standing up and speaking out against bias and bigotry as they compete for the chance to win a prestigious award. Each year about 3,000 students enter, and with the help of 300 volunteer readers, 26 finalists are named. Since the contest started 16 years ago, over 50,000 students in 12 counties across Northeast Ohio have participated, and as of this year, $1.6 million has been awarded. Rooted in the Jewish value of respect for all humanity, the Maltz Museum is proud that it continues to give young people of all faiths and backgrounds a platform to speak out in support of inclusion and diversity. Congratulations to everyone who has shared their inspiring stories with us. If you are inspired by one or more of these students' stories please share them with your social networks.
Meet the Essay Contest Winners
Congratulations 11th & 12th Grade Essay Runner-Up Winners
First Runner Up receives a $10,000 scholarship, Second Runner Up receives a $5,000 scholarship
Each of their schools receives a $2000 Anti-Bias Education Grant
Click the video to watch each winning essay
Congratulations 11th & 12th Grade Essay Honorable Mentions
Each receives a $1000 cash prize and their schools receive a $500 Anti-Bias Education Grant
Click the video to watch each winning essay
Congratulations 6th - 10th Grade Essay Winners
1st place receives a $400 cash prize, Runner Up receives a $100 cash prize
Click their photo to read each winning essay
Congratulations High School Poetry Winners
1st place receives a $3,500 cash prize and their school receive a $2,000 Anti-Bias Education Grant
2nd place receives a $2,000 cash prize and their school receive a $2,000 Anti-Bias Education Grant
3rd place receives a $1,000 cash prize and their school receive a $1,000 Anti-Bias Education Grant
Click the video to watch each winning poem
Congratulations Middle School Poetry Winners
1st place receives a $400 cash prize
2nd place receives a $200 cash prize
3rd place receives a $100 cash prize
Click the video to watch each winning poem
Schools and Teachers of the Year
STOP THE HATE SCHOOLS OF THE YEAR
Together with our partners at Lake Erie Ink, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and Roots of American Music, we offered free song, essay, and poetry writing workshops to schools and educators. These workshops provided anti-bias learning tools, taught history, literacy, and the arts for middle school and high school groups.
Congratulations to Andrew J. Rickoff School, Broadway Academy at Mount Pleasant, Charles F. Brush High School, Collinwood High School, East Technical High School, Garfield Middle School, Garfield Heights High School, Glenville High School, Harding Middle School, Hathaway Brown, Hudson Middle School, Insightful Minds, John Marshall School of Information Technology, Kimpton Middle School, Langston Middle School, Lakewood High School, The Lillian and Betty Ratner Montessori School, Maple Heights High School, Mary M. Bethune School, Max S. Hayes High School, Mayfield High School, Midview High School, Milkovich Middle School, MOUND Stem School, Monticello Middle School, Newton D. Baker School of Arts, North Ridgeville Academic Center, Oberlin High School, Rhodes College and Career Academy, Robinson G. Jones, Shaw High School, St. Stanislaus School, and William Rainey Harper School.
STOP THE HATE TEACHERS OF THE YEAR
With nominations from our partners, the Maltz Museum named two Stop the Hate Teachers of the Year. Each receives a $1,000 cash prize in recognition of their personal commitment to anti-bias education.
Congratulations to Lisa Blasko of Garfield & Harding Middle Schools and Amy Garritano of Lakewood High School.
Hear the Winning Songs
About Stop the Hate Youth Sing Out
In partnership with Roots of American Music (ROAM) and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, the Maltz Museum celebrates the voices of young people standing up to bias and bigotry through the annual Stop the Hate® Youth Sing Out contest.
This year, 1,419 students from 67 classrooms among 12 schools worked collaboratively to pen and perform their own songs, using their voices to advocate for change. Stop the Hate®, Youth Sing Out is an arts-integrated learning initiative that invites students to share their thoughts on discrimination and injustice. Through the Maltz Museum’s Stop the Hate tour, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Power of Music in Protest online experience, and the guidance of Roots of American Music teaching artists, the annual program sharpens written and oral language skills while fostering a deeper understanding of historic and contemporary human rights events. Classes compete to win anti-bias education grants for their schools. Congratulations to all of the participants for using your voices for good!
Congratulations Youth Sing Out Winners
First Place schools receive a $3,500 Anti-Bias Education Grant, Runner-up schools receive a $2,000 Anti-Bias Education Grant
Click the audio player to hear each winning song
First Place High School
Max S. Hayes High School,
“The Sad Truth”
Written by Barthelma Adams and Laverne McClain’s 3rd Period Class with Roots of American Music Teaching Artist Sam Hooper
Runner-up High School
Max S. Hayes High School,
“One Voice For Harmony”
Written by Barthelma Adams and Laverne McClain’s 2nd Period Class with Roots of American Music Teaching Artist Sam Hooper
First Place Middle School
Harding Middle School,
“Break It, Break It, Break It”
Written by Lisa Blasko’s 6th Grade Class with Roots of American Music Teaching Artist Charlie Mosbrook
Runner-up Middle School
Harding Middle School,
“Reclaim Our Fate”
Lisa Blasko’s 8th Grade Class with Roots of American Music Teaching Artist Charlie Mosbrook
Stop the Hate Anti-Bias Grants
Since the start of the Stop the Hate program the Maltz Museum has provided more than $380,000 in anti-bias grants to educators and schools across Northeast Ohio. Watch the video below to see some of the impact these grants have had on local students, educators, and schools.
SUPPORTERS & JUDGES
We are grateful for the commitment of the sponsors, educators, judges, volunteers, committee members, and Maltz Museum Board Members, without whom this program would not be possible.
MALTZ MUSEUM BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Reneé Chelm, Chair
Milton Maltz, Chairman
Emeritus
Tamar Maltz, President
Keith Libman, Vice President
James Gomez, Treasurer
Mary Ann Corrigan-Davis, Secretary
Grant Dinner, Immediate Past Board Chair
Joe Cimperman
Ronald B. Cohen
Lois Goodman
David Katz
Susan Krantz
Kenneth B. Liffman
Sarah Spinner Liska
Darrell McNair
Larry Pollock
Albert B. Ratner
Jim Ratner
Irv Rosner
Phil Wasserstrom
Daniel Zelman
Adam Zelwin
Rev. Dr. Otis Moss, Jr, Trustee
Emeritus
Adele Silver, Honorary Trustee
EX OFFICIO
Rabbi Jonathan Cohen,
The Temple-Tifereth Israel
Jeff Kaplan,
Friends of the Maltz Museum
Barry Reis,
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
Erika Rudin-Luria,
Jewish Federation of Cleveland
David Schafer,
Maltz Museum
STOP THE HATE COMMITTEE
Darrell McNair, Chair
Scott Simon, Vice Chair
Tim Bowens
Lavora Gadison
Yolanda Hamilton
Laurie Kincer
Gregg Levine
Bobbie Lindenbaum
VOLUNTEER READERS
We are grateful to the 348 volunteers who generously donated their time to blind-score this year’s essays, poems, and song lyrics.
See a full list of readers.
YOUTH SPEAK OUT ESSAY JUDGES
Eduardo Kim, Partner, Thompson Hine LLP
Lisa Kollins, Executive Director, The Superhero
Project
John Panza, Associate Professor, English
Honors Coordinator, Cuyahoga Community
College, Eastern Campus
Michele Pomerantz, Chief of Education, Office
of the Mayor, The City of Cleveland
Cecilia H. Render, Executive Director, Nordson
Corporation Foundation
YOUTH SPEAK OUT POETRY JUDGES
DaQuala Hunt, Author, Poet, Spoken Word
Artist
Ygal Kaufman, Multiple Media Journalist,
Ideastream
Charles Malone, Assistant Director, Wick Poetry
Center, Kent State University
Michelle Smith, Programming Director, Literary
Cleveland
Rachel Zake Ozan, Writer/Director/Actor
YOUTH SING OUT JUDGES
Joe Butler, Manager of Education, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Edward P. Gallagher, Director of Education,
The Beck Center for the Arts
Jeff Niesel, Music Editor, Cleveland Scene
Treva Offutt, Director of Education,
Playhouse Square
LAKE ERIE INK
Amy Rosenbluth, Executive Director
Cynthia Larsen, Education Director
Alex Ashbrook, Teaching Artist
Leslie Coleman, Teaching Artist
Amy Hughes, Teaching Artist
Charlie Mosbrook, Teaching Artist
Od Perry-Richardson, Teaching Artist
Jody Pod, Teaching Artist
ROOTS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Michele Colopy, Executive Director
Morgan Mecaskey, Artistic Director
Tam Sivertson, Project Manager
Maria Asher, Development Director
Esther Fitz, Teaching Artist
Ray Flanagan, Teaching Artist
Jul Big Green, Teaching Artist
Sam Hooper, Teaching Artist
Taylor Lamborn, Teaching Artist
Charlie Mosbrook, Teaching Artist
Kennedy Nagel, Teaching Artist
Brian Straw, Recording Engineer
ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME
Joe Butler, Manager of Education Programs
Kathryn Clusman, Manager of Community and Family Programs
MEDIA PARTNERS
Cleveland.com
Cleveland Jewish News
Northeast Ohio Parent
ADDITIONAL PARTNERS
Blue Robot
Beth Segal Photography
College Now Greater Cleveland
Julie Jones Writes, LLC
Meredith Camp Events, LLC
Steven Hacker Productions
STOP THE HATE IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF:
Stop the Hate Presenting Sponsor
Stop the Hate Signature Sponsors
A stage for stories of struggle, courage, and creativity; a forum for difficult conversations about discrimination and intolerance; and a platform for youth to share their vision for a brighter future, The Maltz Museum brings history to life, issues to light, and people together.
The Maltz Museum is supported by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, and Jewish Federation of Cleveland
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