Creativity Contest
The 2024 MLK Legacy Day celebration also includes the annual creativity contest.
Babson’s Martin Luther King Jr. Legacy Day celebration will occur on Thursday, February 15, 2024. It will feature a keynote address by Wes Woodson, professional speaker, mental health speaker, and author of "I Have Anxiety (So What?)"
This year’s celebration also includes a creativity contest. We invite current graduate and undergraduate students to submit creative works in response to one of the following prompts based on Wes Woodson’s important work. Your creative work may take the form of a non-fiction essay, sculpture, poem, short story, painting, photograph, or spoken word performance, or other creative form.
Winners of this creativity contest were announced during a celebration on February 16, 2024 and are listed below. They were asked to respond to one of the prompts listed below in the medium of their choice.
1st – “Wearing Your Privilege” - By: Alyssa Keith
2nd – “Voices of the Unheard” – By: Kaif Bailey
3rd – “Spotlight” – By: Zoe Pulido
1. Career of Humanity
Wes’s book chronicles his journey to self-empowerment. Still, beyond helping himself, this book became a rescue buoy for many young adults drowning in the hidden space of mental health diagnosis. His work has been a beacon for how one person can take the courageous step of helping other people through transparency and vulnerability and tapping into their humanity.
How can the things that challenge us be used as a vehicle to create change?
2. hidden
Wes created a clothing line called HIDDEN to destigmatize the conversations about mental health. The imagery and boldness of his clothing line sparked conversation in some unlikely spaces and gave voice to those who had often felt invisible.
In what ways has the courage of others to speak up inspired you and how can we work to amplify the voices of people who may be marginalized in our society?
2022
Co-winners: Madison Spence and Skylar Jackenthal
2021
First Place: Xiomara Kelly ’21
Second Place: Skylar Jackenthal ’23
Third Place: Gioia de la Feld ’21
2020
First Place: Gioia de la Feld ’21
Second Place: Melissa Denizard ’20
Third Place: Wes Woodson ’20
2019
First Place: Gioia de la Feld ’21
Second Place: Melissa Denizard ’20
Third Place: Aswini Melekote ’19
2018
First Place: Melissa Denizard ’20
Second Place: NiaChloe Bowman ’19
Third Place: Temilayo Awefeso ’20
2017
First Place: NiaChloe Bowman ’19
Second Place: Yulkendy Valdez ’17
Third Place: Salome Mosehle ’18
2016
First Place: Chi Obasi ’16
Second Place: Bradley Darling ’18
Third Place: Savannah Carlin ’17
2015
First Place: Emily Purdom ’18
Second Place: Leinado Marte ’18
Third Place: Bradley Darling ’18
2014
First Place: Evan DeBaise ’14
Second Place: Chi Obasi ’16
Third Place: Yulkendy Valdez ’17
2013
Creativity Contest
First Place: Juan Martinez ’15
Second Place: Manuel Paredes ’14
Speech Contest
Kadia Tubman ’13
2012
Creativity Contest
First Place: Ali Khan ’14
Second Place: Cathy Bao ’12
Speech Contest
First Place: Christian Lewis ’13
Second Place: Kate Anderson ’14
2011
Creativity Contest
First Place: Marie Pierre ’12
Second Place: Mercedes Ercarnation-Mandes ’12
Speech Contest
First Place: Kadia Tubman ’13
Second Place: Nohely Artega ’11
2010
Creativity Contest
First Place: Mona Gimenez ’11
Second Place: Jamaal Eversley ’10
Speech Contest
First Place: Kadia Tubman ’13
Second Place: Robin Lee Allen ’11
2009
Creativity Contest
Tied for First Place:
Marie Pierre ’12 and Brandon Lane ’10
Speech Contest
First Place: Rayshawn Whitford ’12
Second Place: Aaron Hartman ’09
2008
Creativity Contest
First Place: Obenewaa Boakye ’11
Second Place: Shaina Silva ’08
Speech Contest
First Place: Sarah English ’08
Second Place: Sterling Charles ’08
Third Place: Tommy Wenzlau ’10
2007
Speech Contest
First Place: Sarah English ’08
Second Place: Asad Rahim ’07
2006
Speech Contest
Alvin Wade ’07
Maxwell Owen ’09
2005
Speech Contest
Anand Dholakia M’05
Barbara Wong ’05
2004
Speech Contest
Jason Bedrick ’05
Jason Clinkscales ’04