Welcome to the PSR/Sacramento Website
PSR/Sacramento is a non-profit, educational organization of health
care professionals and other concerned citizens committed to the following goals:
- Eliminating nuclear weapons and promoting alternatives to war and militarism as a means of resolving international conflict and preventing terrorism (see the Nuclear Weapons, War, and Militarism page for information about our “1,000 Call Campaign” to help rid the world of nuclear weapons)
- Protecting the environment and reducing man-made contributions to global warming.
- Promoting social justice, both locally and globally.
- Curbing the epidemic of interpersonal violence, including gun violence, that afflicts our society (please see the Gun Violence Prevention page)
- Ensuring universal access to affordable medical care
PSR/Sacramento congratulates the winner of our 2020 High School Scholarship Essay Contest, which was open to all high school seniors in Sacramento and surrounding counties. A total of $15,500 was awarded. The prompt for this year’s contest was the following statement by the Guatemalan civil rights activist and 1992 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Rigoberta Menchu Tum:
“Peace is not only the absence of war. As long as there is poverty, racism, discrimination and exclusion, we’ll be hard-pressed to achieve a world of peace.”
Poster of Rigoberta Menchu Tum, created by Angelista Becerra
Click on students’ names to read their winning essays.
First Place Winner and Recipient of $3,000 Award
Priya Sharma
Christian Brothers High School, Sacramento
Second Place Winner and Recipient of $2,500 Award
Sarah Allen
El Dorado High School, Placerville
Third Place Winner and Recipient of $2,000 Award
Kira Skjoldborg
Folsom High School, Folsom
$1,000 Scholarship Winners
Rom Arca
John F. Kennedy High School, Sacramento
Atticus Driver
Yuba City High School, Yuba City
Rylie Fales
Union Mine High School, El Dorado
Faraaz Godil
Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay
Rohit Jhawar
John F. Kennedy High School, Sacramento
Katie Kenny
Oak Ridge High School, El Dorado Hills
Madyson Noguchi
Vista del Lago High School, Folsom
$250 Scholarship Winners
Anna Chisholm
Casa Roble Fundamental High School, Orangevale
Samuel Flores
Rio Americano High School, Sacramento
Alba Joy
Folsom High School, Folsom
Anonymous
Student’s Name and High School Affiliation Withheld at Student’s Request