<p>Assistant Principal, Ms. Francesca McAuliffe shares <b>HeARTwork Against Hate Contest</b> - a creative initiative for New York City youth launched by the Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes in September 2020.</p><p>It is important to support young New Yorkers at a time of great stress resulting from the combination of a global pandemic, economic uncertainty, school changes, scapegoating, and issues of systemic racism that have come to the fore. Originally inspired by OCA-NY Asian Pacific American Advocates' annual Hate Crime Prevention Art Project, HeARTwork Against Hate provides another opportunity and platform for young New Yorkers to use artistic expression as an outlet.</p><p>All New Yorkers have a role in showing respect and standing up for others. Through HeARTwork Against Hate, the City’s youth can take a stand against all forms of bias, discrimination, and hate and use their creativity to communicate the positive values that make NYC great.</p><p><a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/stophate/Initiatives/heartwork-2020.page"><b>2020 HeARTwork Against Hate Contest</b></a></p><h4><b>Prizes</b></h4><p><b>Grades 6-8 and 9-12</b></p><ol><li>First Place: $500</li><li>Second Place: $250</li><li>Third Place: $100</li><li>Honorable Mentions (5): $50</li></ol><h4><b>Eligibility and Rules</b></h4><ul><li>Artwork must be related to the theme: “HeARTwork Against Hate.”</li><li>Participants must be between grades 3-12 and reside in New York City.</li><li>All artwork must be original.</li><li>All art forms are eligible, including drawing, collages, paintings, poetry, photography, sculpture, poetry, computer graphics, 3D Art, etc.</li><li>All submissions (including high resolution images of all artwork) must be received electronically by <b>OPHC@cityhall.nyc.gov</b> by no later than 5 p.m. on <b>March 4, 2022</b>.</li></ul><p><a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/stophate/downloads/pdf/HAH-2022-Submission-Form.pdf"><b>Download the submission form here.</b></a></p><p><a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/stophate/downloads/pdf/HAH-2022-Flyer.pdf"><b>Download the flyer here.</b></a></p><p>For general questions or concerns, <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/stophate/about/contact-us.page"><b>please contact OPHC</b></a>.</p>
