2017 City of Tempe Diversity Awards winner Velena Leon
Date2017
MediumPaper
Dimensions10 × 8 in. (25.4 × 20.3 cm)
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifact
Catalog number2017.19.3
DescriptionColor photo of 2017 City of Tempe Diversity Awards Individual Youth winner Velena Leon.Velena Leon is a senior at Tempe High School, where she is a member of the Stand and Serve Club. As part of the Stand and Serve Club, Velena serves as Peer Educator and facilitates weekly violence prevention workshops after school for middle school youth. She is very much looked up to and admired by her younger peers. Additionally, she present locally on Teen Dating Violence Prevention, participates in quarterly workshops for youth with traumatic brain injury, volunteers at service projects such as Stand & Serve Day at the Capitol, Tempe Tardeada, MLK Diversity Awards, Unity Walk, and helped paint a mural in the Ellertson-Wilson Street Community Garden. Velena is and active member of the Tempe High Gay-Straight Alliance, where she serves as Events Coordinator and helps plan events including the annual GSA Dance.
Status
Not on view
City of Tempe Diversity Department
2015