Walk the Talk Service Leadership Awards
Each year since 1997, the Haas Center has honored five seniors at its Student Recognition Reception in May. The Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award recognizes the public service activities of students involved in service through the Haas Center. Students selected for the award are honored for their long-term commitment, and the behind-the-scenes work of building organizational infrastructure that is not often acknowledged. Established by Peter Carpenter, a long-time member of the National Advisory Board, the awards consist of a gift and a monetary award drawn from the Haas Center staff Annual Fund. The awards in 2006 were presented by Amanda Crowell Itliong, Assistant Director of Student Development and Leadership, and Katherine Casey, Public Service Intern.2007 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honorees:
Nicolás Barceló ’07 (Human Biology)
Nicolás Barceló has committed himself to Stanford Upward Bound (UB) and to the issue of educational equity, spending three summers with UB–more than any other student. He has held various roles within the program and has taken several education courses in addition to his challenging pre-med curriculum. Barceló actively seeks out information about education and educational equity on his own, which he then shares with the staff. He has also committed himself to the community of East Palo Alto (EPA) in many ways, including teaching ESL classes and translating for patients at the Ravenswood Clinic. Barceló plans to continue working with the EPA community after graduation as he prepares for medical school.
Richard Cox ’07 (Psychology, Political Science minor)
Richard Cox has been involved with East Palo Alto Stanford Academy (EPASA) since his freshman year, culminating in being named Student Director. Providing continuity for the youth in that program, his commitment through three different staff directors has been unfailing, as has his willingness to take on any tasks to help smooth the transitions between staff. He spent two summers as a Youth and Education Summer Fellow and last summer was willing to work halftime to help the transitional staff director run the program. As a result of his long service, Cox has become the institutional memory for EPASA, a valuable resource for new and transitioning staff.
Cammie Lee ’07 (International Relations; MA, Sociology)
Cammie Lee is co-founder and current co-leader of Stanford Beyond Bars (SBB), a student service organization sparking dialogue and consciousness about incarceration issues. SBB students provide direct service as well, tutoring inmates in San Francisco jails. SBB was honored with a national award from MTV recognizing new initiatives by young leaders and the 2005 Dean of Students Outstanding Achievement Award here on campus. As a 2006 Sand Hill Fellow in Philanthropy, Lee worked at The Asia Foundation in San Francisco, developing strategic marketing tools, refining donor cultivation methods and devising solicitation plans for key constituent groups. She has also served as a trip leader, Program Coordinator, Financial Manager and ASSU liaison for Alternative Spring Break. Lee was selected as a 2007-08 John Gardner Public Service Fellow, and will receive a stipend to serve a postgraduate year in a nonprofit or government agency.
Jacob Lemieux ’07 (Biological Sciences)
Jacob Lemieux came to Stanford as a transfer student from Dartmouth and has been involved in public service leadership here from the start. He is part of the first cohort of Public Service Leadership Fellows and took the lead in planning and facilitating the Emerging Leaders Retreat. In additon, Lemieux has been involved in many service projects outside of the Haas Center, including the Smokeless Stoves projects that he started in rural India; a service project in Tanzania, where he is currently helping to build an organization called Bahati Education (Bahati is a Swahili word for "good fortune"); and connecting his fraternity, Kappa Sigma, to direct service projects in the Bayview area of South San Francisco. After graduation, as a Rhodes Scholar, he will be studying the molecular biology of the malaria parasite.
Christina Ward ’07 (Public Policy)
Christina Ward brings her creativity and artistic talents to such varied leadership roles as Director of Vision for Dance Marathon, and President of FUSION, Future Social Innovators Network, an undergraduate student group interested in exploring emerging trends of innovation to help address issues in the social sector. She was a 2004 Sand Hill Fellow in Philanthropy at the Women's Foundation of California, San Francisco, and an active member of the new student group, Promoting Women’s Health and Human Rights. Ward served on the 2006-07 Haas Center’s Public Service Student Advisory Board and is also a Public Service Scholar. Her thesis, centered around South African policies, is entitled Black Economic Empowerment for the Working Class? An analysis of COSATU’s Engagement in the Development of Black Economic Empowerment Policy. She works with advisor Joel Samoff (African Studies) and mentor Nicole Taylor (Haas Center for Public Service).
2006 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honorees:
Ariana Milman '06 (CSRE)
Angel Davis '06 (Economics)
Nicole Medeiros '06 (History)
Matt Turnbull '06 (International Relations)
Cristina Lash '06 (Comparative Literature)
Elizabeth de Rham '06 (Urban Studies)
2005 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honorees:
Kate Raven '05 (International Relations)Sam Bremmer '05 (Psychology)
Shirin Zarafshar '05 (History/Biological Sciences)
Ronald Ragin '05 (Public Policy)
Chitua Alozie '05 (Human Biology/Spanish)
SIG Leadership Team: May Chiang '05 (Public Policy), Carolyn Chiang '05 (Political Science), Juliet Frerking '05 (International Relations/Middle Eastern Languages), Michael Ortiz '05 (History)
2004 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honorees:
Trisha Okubo (Stanford Technology Assist By Students)Sonali Murarka (Ravenswood Reads)
Stephen Chan (Public Service Advising Fellow)
Paloma Rosenbaum (Multiracial Identified Community at Stanford)
Kim Vinh (Upward Bound)
Diana Vizcarra (EPASA)
2003 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honorees:
Andreana Reeves '05 (Earth Systems)
Megan Vanneman '03 (Human Biology/Spanish)
Jessica Jenkins '03 (International Relations)
Raquel Diaz '03 (International Relations)
Emunah Yuka Edinburgh '03 (CSRE)
Special Award: Nadinne Cruz (Director of Haas Center)
2002 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honorees:
Lindsay Austin '03 (Human Biology; MA, Sociology; '07 MA Education; MBA, Business)
Caneel Fraser '02 (Political Science/Human Biology; MA, Sociology/Human Biology)
Jillian Gerner '02 (Psychology)
Brady Gordon '03 (Urban Studies)
Krisin Tatum '02 (Human Biology/History)
Alison Upton '02 (Psychology/Urban Studies)
Jim Burklo (Community Member)
Mario Paz (Community Member)
2001 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honorees:
Louise Auerhahn '01 (Earth Systems)Vanessa Callison-Burch '01 (Human Biology)
Emilie Eagan '01 (Urban Studies)
Steven Lopez '03 (Urban Studies)
Tim Ly '01 (American Studies)
2000 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honorees:
Brooke Atherton '00 (Urban Studies)Javier Barraza '00 (Sociology/Psychology)
1999 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honoree:
Aisha Lowe '99 (Psychology; '04 MA, Sociology; '06 PhD, Education)1998 Walk the Talk Service Leadership Award honorees:
Amanda AtwoodDarron Evans '00 (Public Policy; '07 MA, Sociology)
Susannah Keller '98 (American Studies/Psychology)
Kristine Surla '98 (American Studies/International Relations; '99 MA, Sociology)
Karen Wang '98 (Science, Technology, and Society)
List edited and degrees entered August 2007