Three students won prizes for their written papers submitted for the 2021 Kent State East Liverpool Earth Day Environmental Justice Virtual Conference.
The event took place April 24 with the theme 鈥淩ethinking Food: Equity, Plant-Based Consumption and Alternatives.鈥 There were 29 papers submitted for judging.
Marissa Price earned first place honors for her paper, 鈥淭he Price of Policy.鈥 Second place went to Rachel Booher for 鈥淭he Truth Behind Harmful Waste;鈥 and the third place prize was awarded to Kassidy Fischer for her paper, 鈥淪pecies Suffering Due to Climate Change.鈥
The conference was held via a remote format, using Zoom.