C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest

February 21, 2017

Five Goshen College students presented speeches during the 2017 C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017.

First Place Winner: Yazan Meqbil, a sophomore molecular biology/biochemistry major from Hebron, Palestine, will speak on “Beyond Occupation of Mind and Body.”
First Runner-Up: Noemi “Mimi” Salvador, a senior peace, justice and conflict studies major from Tena, Ecuador, will speak on “Indigenous Motherhood in Defense of Life.” Salvador was the first-place winner in the 2016 contest.
Second Runner-Up: Hitesh Sharma, a junior accounting major from Kathmandu, Nepal, will speak on “Locked Doors, Exploited Modesty and Stripped Autonomy: Feminism Outside the Borders of the United States.”
Alma Rosa Carrillo, a senior interdisciplinary (nursing, sociology, peace, justice and conflict studies) major from Mexico City, Mexico, will speak on “Quisieron Enterrarnos, Pero No Sabian Que Eramos Semillas: They Try to Bury Us, They Didn’t Know We Were Seeds. Remembering and Continuing the Fight for Justice of the 43 Missing Students From Ayotzinapa.”
Dona Park, a senior history and art major from Abbotsford, British Columbia, will speak on “A Perspective of a Korean Canadian Something Maybe American.” Park was the first-place winner in the 2015 contest.

Photos by Katie McKinnell ’17