Headshot Photo of Michaela Weinstein
2018 Award Recipient

MichaelaWeinstein

Project Speak

Location Albany, CA

Issue Area Education | Mental Health & Emotional Support

Michaela co-founded Speak, a student group providing a unique curriculum that teaches empathy and social justice to 5th-grade students, after a series of racist, anti-Semitic, and sexist incidents occurred at her school. The program offers two tiers of student membership for high schoolers who facilitate classroom presentations and design curriculum.

In coordination with Speak’s leadership group, Michaela has created presentation lesson plans for her school district, whose teachers and principals approved the program to facilitate 38 presentations this year. In the future, Michaela plans to give teens around the country a shareable curriculum to educate their community about the power of empathy, respect, and the importance of speaking out against hate.

We believe that having continuous discussion and education about discrimination, social justice and empathy, starting at young ages when morals and beliefs are forming, are vital to a fair and just world.

Michaela Weinstein
“It is never too late, too early, or too often TO GIVE BACK AND MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE”
Helen Diller