Each year, Mercy students are invited to enter the Social Justice Video Contest and put their creative ideas and skills to work by sharing stories of the Sisters of Mercy’s Critical Concerns. The Grand Prize Winner receives $500.
2024
First Place Winner
Jaylyn Remolona and Mayra Alvarez
“Sacrifice for Family”
Mercy High School, Burlingame, California
Second Place
Third Place
Honorable Mention
2023’s First Place Winners
Emma Lemieux, Maggie Misbach, Abigail Gomes, Katherine Grelotti and Georgia Baldini
“Are you with us?”
Mercy High School, Middletown, Connecticut
Amer Hasan Macarambon, Allyza Jane Dangga, Rianna Ysabella Dollete, Krizyl Baguhin, Susan Gayle Andales, Sittie Nihaya Umba, Fatima Rose Rivera, Atheel Villaganas, Abby Kim Suan
“Racism”
Holy Cross High School, Mindanao, Philippines
2023’s Honorable Mention
Rineyri Cáceres, Isaac Blanco, Liam Schultz
“Bandera del amor”
Instituto María Regina, La Ceiba,
Honduras
Ava Kolp, Katelyn McGuire, Jamie O’Donnell
“Together We Can End Gun Violence”
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
Grace de Klerk
“What is Justice?”
Mercy High School Farmington Hills
Shannon Talley, Maggie Baker, Alivia Chieffo
“Stop the Violence“
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
Gracie Gavin, Maxine Schaffner
“Welcome to the Gun Zone”
Mercy High School Burlingame
California
Ana Sophia Butkus
“Life Is Not A Game”
Mercy High School, Middletown, Connecticut
Previous Winners
2022
Meena Balaratna, Elizabeth Romano and Kristen Yezzi
“Protect our Earth”
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
2021
Tristen Hasson, Melanie McGill, & Sydney Pasceri
“Women Make Mercy Real”
Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School
Gwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania
2020
The 2020 contest was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019
Grace Wettengel, Morgan Lee, Michelle Delgado & Nina Bennett
Injustices in India’s Villages
College of St. Mary
Omaha, Nebraska
2018
Alyssa Dela Cruz
Make Mercy Real
Academy of Our Lady of Guam
Hagatna, Guam
2017
Kenzie Uhr
Change the Narrative
Mount St. Mary Catholic High School
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma USA