{"id":10768,"date":"2022-10-17T15:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/?p=10768"},"modified":"2022-10-17T15:33:21","modified_gmt":"2022-10-17T19:33:21","slug":"umaine-machias-junior-receives-the-john-lewis-youth-leadership-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machias.edu\/news\/2022\/10\/17\/umaine-machias-junior-receives-the-john-lewis-youth-leadership-award\/","title":{"rendered":"UMaine Machias junior receives the John Lewis Youth Leadership Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Machias, Maine \u2014 Kiesha Scott of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Islesboro<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a junior majoring in <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">elementary education, with an elementary education concentration and a minor in psychology at the U<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">niversity of Maine at Machias, is the recipient of a 2022 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nass.org\/node\/2208\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">John Lewis Youth Leadership Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each year, a National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) member can award two individuals per state with the annual award, established in 2021 to honor the accomplishments of Congressman John Lewis. One of the original 13 Freedom Riders, Lewis was instrumental in leading the march on Washington in 1963 and spent many years in public service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nominees for the national award are civic-minded young people under age 25 who demonstrate strong leadership skills, want to improve their community and have a passion for social justice.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In September. Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows invited Scott and her nominator, Tara Gray, coordinator of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/machias.edu\/jmg\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jobs for Maine Graduates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (JMG) at UMaine Machias, to a luncheon in Augusta with JMG CEO Craig Larrabee. Scott and Gray also were on a panel at this year&#8217;s JMG Board of Directors meeting, where Scott talked about her work in JMG and as a proponent of civil rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scott started her JMG journey in sixth grade as a student at Eastport Elementary. The Shead High School graduate is now an online student at UMaine Machias. She plans to pursue a master\u2019s degree in political science and stay in Maine to work as a kindergarten teacher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In her nomination letter, Gray noted that Scott \u201cis passionate about social justice, inclusivity, equity and women\u2019s rights\u201d and that she will \u201cadvocate for anyone and will always do what is right in every situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For the past four summers, Scott has served as a camp counselor. 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