C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
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
![Pat Lehman, professor of communication, and Leah Stebly.](https://www.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/02/17_0221_CHenrySmithContest11_km-400x267.jpg)
![First place winner Yazan Meqbil](https://www.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/02/17_0221_CHenrySmithContest13_km-400x267.jpg)
![Mimi Salvador](https://www.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/02/17_0221_CHenrySmithContest15_km-400x267.jpg)
![Dona Park](https://www.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/02/17_0221_CHenrySmithContest16_km-400x267.jpg)
![Hitesh Sharma](https://www.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/02/17_0221_CHenrySmithContest18_km-400x267.jpg)
![Alma Rosa Carillo](https://www.goshen.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2017/02/17_0221_CHenrySmithContest19_km-400x267.jpg)