{"id":19305,"date":"2022-05-23T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T13:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=19305"},"modified":"2022-05-09T11:06:17","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T15:06:17","slug":"sicile-naddeo-gjergji-wins-vegetarians-resource-group-5000-new-york-city-area-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2022\/05\/23\/sicile-naddeo-gjergji-wins-vegetarians-resource-group-5000-new-york-city-area-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"SICILE NADDEO-GJERGJI WINS VEGETARIAN RESOURCE GROUP $5,000 NEW YORK CITY AREA SCHOLARSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sicile wanted to become a vegetarian in second grade when she realized chicken was a \u201ca chicken.\u201d Not being in a vegetarian family, she eventually became vegetarian around sixth grade on her own, and now has been vegan about four years.<\/p>\n

Sicile said, \u201cI have worked to bring veganism to the world around me, through both community service and my curricular commitments at school.\u201d In Brooklyn she volunteered at Community Solidarity, which distributes vegetarian produce and vegetarian meals to those in need. For her senior school project, she examined the accessibility of veganism for those with limited economic means. She compiled a cookbook with meals and servings sizes for families on a fully SNAP budget, so that individuals limited to EBT funds for food (food stamps) could afford these recipes. She said, \u201cI made sure that all of my recipes were relatively easy and didn\u2019t require large time commitments, whether it be for the cooking itself or just for the finding\/purchasing of ingredients. Lastly, I also made sure to develop meals that are nutritious and have many of the nutrients that can go lacking in the diets of first-time vegans, such as iron and calcium.\u201d You can see the beautifully illustrated recipes at https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1V8p5S5c7WFH27GhGnCko39UiNWLqie1T\/edit<\/a> Sicile did the cooking and photography herself.<\/p>\n

In college, Sicile plans to study the intersection of political science and ethics, which includes food justice, and the way we can achieve it for everyone. She will be attending Princeton.<\/p>\n

For information on other scholarship winners and applying for the next Vegetarian Resource Group college scholarship contest, see https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/student\/scholar.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

Deadline is February 20th of each year.<\/p>\n

To support additional VRG scholarships and internships, donate at vrg.org\/donate<\/a>, call (410) 366-8343, or mail contribution to The Vegetarian Resource Group, P.O. Box 1463, Baltimore, MD 21203.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sicile wanted to become a vegetarian in second grade when she realized chicken was a \u201ca chicken.\u201d Not being in a vegetarian family, she eventually became vegetarian around sixth grade on her own, and now has been vegan about four years. Sicile said, \u201cI have worked to bring veganism to the world around me, through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19305"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19308,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19305\/revisions\/19308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}