As an African-American male growing up in urban Baltimore, Babatunde was all too familiar with the ongoing hostilities between young people of color and the police. After he was unfairly stopped by a police officer while walking home from an afterschool program, he knew he needed to take a stand against the injustice he was seeing.
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Watch our Peace First Prize Winners' videos with your class and family, and use our Prize Winner Video Discussion Guides to start a conversation about peacemaking and inspire your young people to take action.
Peace First Prize Winner Emily-Anne founded We Stop Hate, a movement that works to end bullying through increasing "teen-esteem" through social media and school-based campaigns.
Peace First Prize Winner Nicholas founded the Gotta Have Sole Foundation, an organization that provides children living in shelters across the United States with brand-new footwear to call their own.
The winners of the inaugural Peace First Prize are young people (ages 8-22) who have confronted injustice, crossed lines of difference, and had the courage and compassion necessary to create lasting change. Watching the Prize Winners' videos can provide young people with powerful examples of peacemaking.

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