Nominated for: his work with homelessness, affordable housing, youth, public health, poverty and his work in the public sector.
For more information: http://www.globallivingston.org/leadership
http://www.ucdenver.edu/academics/InternationalPrograms/oia/fulbright/recipients/jamievanleeuwen/Pages/default.aspx
Nominated for: being a slam poet, public intellectual, writer and activist around youth issues and in particular LGBTQ teens in the church.
For more information: http://jmaseiii.com/
Nominated for: her writing and advocacy for queer homeless youth. Having spent much of her teen years on the streets, she knows the toll that life can take. She is the author of Roving Pack &, just recently, Lost Bois, for which she is currently touring.
For more information: http://pomofreakshow.com/sassmain/
Grassroots Greatness 