Young Leaders in Civic Engagement Awards Winners
2022 Winners
First Place
Girls Supporting Girls
Naile Uslu, Fazilet Kazkondu, Meryem Uysal
Girls Supporting Girls group from Chicago, working to provide feminine hygiene products to women in need, including through shelters and food pantries.
Second Place
Climate Enthusiasts of San Antonio (CESA)
Seyma Kilic, Betul Ufak, Nesibe Celik, Esma Korkmaz
Climate Enthusiasts of San Antonio, Texas, dedicated to spreading awareness on climate change and environmental issues, including organizing actions, like tree planting, for communities to address these issues locally.
Third Place
Youth 4 Success Platform
Sevval Ogutcu, Zeynep Begum Cam, Nurefsan Kurdoglu, Zeynep Ceren Ejder, Humeyra Gokce, Ilknur Azra Ince
Youth for Success group in Canada, organizing seminars and programming on the connection between youth unemployment and crime.
2022 Honorable Mentions
Raindrop Foundation Health Education Team
Zeynep Korkmaz, Ceyda Tunca, Ozge Alkan
Raindrop Foundation Health Education Team group in San Antonio, working to provide information on community health issues to immigrant communities that otherwise may not pay attention to normal public health communications channels.
Golden Youth Group
Hatice Kubra Ozey, Emine Meryem Kaklik,
Husna Akkaya, Meryem Sarikamis
Golden Youth group from Ohio, organizing school supply donation drives to help underprivileged youth.
2023 Winners
First Place
Nurturing Hope
Yunus Goral, Nihat Topcu, Emre Tunca, Mustafa Nalcaci
Raised awareness for domestic violence victims living in shelters and did toy drives for the kids living there in collaboration with the Jewish Community in San Antonio.
Second Place
FAIR
Emine Yalcin, Saierakhon Ismailova,
Rumeysa Cakir
FAIR, a group in Texas, organizing Career and Health Fair for middle school, high school and college students.
Third Place
Climate Enthusiasts of San Antonio (CESA)
Seyma Kilic, Betul Ufak,
Nesibe Celik, Esma Korkmaz
Climate Enthusiasts of San Antonio, Texas, dedicated to spreading awareness on climate change and environmental issues, including organizing actions, like park cleanups, for communities to address these issues locally.
2023 Honorable Mentions
Freshman Girls of TASO
Nesibe Ozey, Betul Ucan,
Muhlise Kenc, Nadide Aydin
Freshman Girls of TASO group in Columbus, Ohio who worked together to fundraise scholarships for teens in foster care.
The Herd
Butterfly Effect
Nilufer Kabul, Hansa Oguz,
Nilgun Soysal, Elif Cicek
The Herd group in California raising money to provide homeless individuals hygiene products. After the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria they shifted gears to fundraise for earthquake relief efforts.
ECHO
Husna Akkaya, Zehra Kaya, Mary Mutlu,
Hatice Ozey, Hatice Kucuk, Asude Budak
ECHO group in Columbus, Ohio working with local organizations in identifying key issues in underprivileged areas in their community and working towards solutions. 