As we mentioned earlier, the International Labor Rights Fund held a contest for students over the Easter | Passover holiday to speak out against child labor in the cocoa industry through essays and art.

The winners received a fairly traded youth soccer ball.

Congratulations to the winning students, and thank you to everyone who entered!

First prize: Third to Fifth Grade
Be Concerned by Naomi Smith

Runners Up:

• Child Labor in the Chocolate Industry by Elizabeth Marie Pautsch
• Why Buy the Chocolate of Slavery? by Emily Winn

First prize: Sixth to Eighth Grade
Cool to be Cruel? by Olivia Coraggio

Runners Up:

• Save the Kids! by Emanuelle Rodrigues
• No Child Labor! by Marirose Brown

First Prize: High School
Youth and Fair Trade Chocolate by Ethan Miller

Runners Up:

• Equity and Fair Trade by Mariko Powers
• Not So Sweet by Caroline Fay

Art Winners: Pete Kostopanagiotis, Ariel Ore, Juliam Rodriguez, Devin Williams