The Grinnell College Young Innovator for Social Justice Prize honors individuals under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in their fields and who show creativity, commitment, and extraordinary accomplishment in effecting positive social change. Each prize carries an award of $100,000, half to the winning individual and half to an organization committed to the winner’s area of social justice, for a total of up to $300,000 in prize awards.
Volunteers are needed to review and rate nomination essays. Reviewers help identify the most promising, and a more reasonable number of, nominations for further consideration by the Selection Committee. Each nomination will be reviewed by at least three reviewers consisting of one alumnus/alumna, one student, and one faculty/staff. The number of students needed to review will depend on the number of nominations received that year. In the inaugural year (2010-11) of the Grinnell Prize, over 1,000 nominations were submitted. That year, 50 alumni, 50 students and 50 faculty/staff reviewed nominations.
Time commitment: minimal (3-5 hours).
For more information and to sign up to volunteer, please click on “Volunteer Opportunities” at http://www.grinnell.edu/offices/chaplain/socialjusticeprize
