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Breaking Down Walls
Martín '19 Awarded Princeton Prize in Race Relations
Martín '19 was honored on May 4, 2017 at the Princeton Club of New York for his race relations work as co-founder of the Latino/Muslim Student Alliance of NYC (LSMA). Martín and fellow co-founder Amir (Ethical Culture Fieldston School) were awarded Certificates of Accomplishment during The Princeton Prize in Race Relations award ceremony. The highly coveted award recognizes high school age students whose efforts have promoted harmony, understanding and respect among people of different races in their school or communities.
Martín and Amire founded the LMSA in reaction to the anti-Muslim and anti-Latino rhetoric of the 2016 presidential election. Their Breaking Down Walls forum at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in January attracted more than 250 attendees, and featured discussions led by writer Moustafa Bayoumi, attorney Chaumtoli Huq, organizer Carlene Pinto, and attorney and Friends alumna Rebecca Press '98. The LMSA remains active at Friends and Ethical Culture, and is helping to bring together teenagers from across the city who want to take action against racism and religious bigotry.
Friends Seminary actively promotes diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism in all its programs and operations, including admissions, financial aid, hiring, and all facets of the educational experience. To form a community which strives to reflect the world’s diversity, we do not discriminate on the basis of race or color, religion, nationality, ethnicity, economic background, physical ability, sex, gender identity or expression, or sexual orientation. Friends Seminary is an equal opportunity employer.
Friends Seminary — the oldest continuously operated, coeducational school in NYC — serves college-bound day students in Kindergarten-Grade 12.
