Pilgrim Place names 12 Claremont College seniors as First Napier Fellows
At right: Jacob Cohen of Pomona College and Takako Mino of Claremont McKenna Collegeshare a moment with Paul Rice of Fair Trade USA at the conclusion of the event.
The first Napier Fellows were named earlier this month to 12 Claremont College seniors who plan to work on issues of global peace, social justice and caring for the Earth.
The awards were named after long-time Pilgrim Place residents Davie and Joy Napier who were activists in the environment, peace, civil rights and global justice, according to a news release.
There were 250 attendees at the Feb. 12 which featured CEO and founding president of Fair Trade USA Paul Rice.
Claremont McKenna College's Takako Mino and Pomona College's Jacob Cohen each received $10,000 to further their respective projects.
Mino plans to return to Uganda and Kenya where she implemented a public debating pilot project among students and teachers.
Cohen plans to continue his work with the local Vietnamese Young Leaders Association.
There were also 10 Napier Fellows awarded $250 each to help further their work.
The fellows are Samuel Gordon and Samuel Lewis of Pomona College; Carly Graber and Amanda Lam of Claremont McKenna College; Eugenie Hong, Arlyn Madsen-Bond and Sarah Smilkstein of Scripps College; and Paul Kim, Briana Levin and Maria Rosales of Pitzer College.
The Napier Awards for Creative Leadership were available to Claremont college students.
According to a news release, Pilgrim Place, founded in 1915, is a community for individuals who have been called to careers in religious and charitable non-profit organizations.
At left: Takako Mino of Claremont McKenna and Jacob Cohen of Pomona College receive
their checks for $10,000 from Paul Minus, head of the Napier Initiative Planning Committee.
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