Minnesota girl wins prize for bracelet campaign against hate
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Natalie Flaherty, a 12-year-old from Minnesota, received a $10,000 prize from the Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes for her campaign, ‘I Stand With Anne’.
Flaherty began making bracelets with the message “I Stand With Anne, Put a Stop to Hate” at age 10, inspired by Anne Frank’s diary, and distributed them while trick-or-treating. Since then, she has created 100,000 bracelets and sent them to all 50 United States and over 50 countries.
Flaherty also worked with local leaders in Fairmont, Minnesota to plant a sapling of the Anne Frank chestnut tree, one of only twenty such trees planted in the US, and successfully advocated for May 29th to be designated “Stand with Anne Day.” The Gloria Barron Prize recognises young people who demonstrate leadership and positively impact their communities. Flaherty applied for the prize after learning about it through a previous organisation she worked with and was selected from over 2,000 applicants.
She intends to use the prize money to continue distributing bracelets, save for future education, and make charitable donations. Flaherty also plans to work with educators and politicians to address hate and promote kindness.
