Students "Tune into Fair Housing"

K-12 Poster & Essay Contest Winners Announced

The annual Fair Housing Poster and Essay Contest award ceremony took place at the State Capitol on Friday, June 29th. Out of a total of 80 entries, twenty children from all over the state received awards for their "Tune in to Fair Housing" posters and essays. This was the first year where a student received an award in both the Poster and Essay categories. Martha Leplae-Arthur, (shown in photo) a past participant in this contest, won 3rd place in the Poster contest and 2nd place in the Essay contest, in her age category. She lives in Glendale and will be a 7th grader at Eastbrook Academy, near Milwaukee.

The Department of Commerce, Wisconsin Realtors Association, Fair Housing Network, and U.S. Department of HUD sponsor this contest.

Poster & Essay Winners

Victoria Fuller	Elena Montanye
Trevor Brown-Cox	Martha Leplae-Arthur
Faith Seltun	Regina Martinez
Lauren Versweyveld	Krieg Tidemann

-- Megan Hunter