St. Louis Park student
is honored with $5,000 award and
invitation to the 2023 summit for her work addressing the
challenges of a changing world.
NEWARK,
N.J., Feb. 21, 2023 /PRNewswire/ --
Lillian Hertel, 17, of St. Louis Park, today was named a 2023
Prudential Emerging Visionary for her inspiring commitment to
improving the lives of others.
As one of 25 Prudential Emerging Visionary winners,
Lillian will receive a $5,000 award to help take her innovation to the
next level. She is also invited to attend an all-expenses-paid trip
with her parent or guardian to Prudential's Newark, New Jersey, headquarters for a
three-day summit in April where she will receive coaching, skills
development and networking opportunities with Prudential employees
and other young leaders.
Prudential Emerging Visionaries recognizes young people
ages 14-18 whose fresh perspectives and innovative solutions
address pressing financial and societal challenges in their
communities.
"The goals of our Emerging Visionaries program reflect
Prudential's overarching purpose: to make lives better by solving
the financial challenges of our changing world," said Chairman and
CEO Charles Lowrey. "We applaud all
of our honorees for their commitment to improving the lives of
others and creating inclusive and thriving communities."
Minnesota's 2023
Prudential Emerging Visionary:
Lillian
Hertel is the founder of "Students Stand
Up," an international program that provides young people with the
necessary resources to get started in advocacy and grassroots
organizing.
Lillian realized that many young people who want to make a
change don't know how to get started. Her organization creates a
path for getting youth involved in their communities. It offers a
six-week curriculum delving into everything young people might need
to know as prospective organizers, from strategic planning to
social media content creation. So far, her initiative has worked
with 200 young people from more than 50 countries.
Emerging Visionaries is a collaboration between Prudential
Financial and Ashoka, a leading social impact organization, with
support from the Financial Health Network, an authority on
financial health and longtime partner of The Prudential
Foundation.
During the summit, to be held April
22-25, 2023, five winners will also have the opportunity to
present their solutions in a pitch-off, where a grand prize winner
will be awarded an additional $10,000
in funding. What's more, Prudential employees will again vote to
name an Employees' Choice Award winner, who will receive an
additional $5,000.
The program is an evolution of Prudential's Spirit of
Community Awards, which, over 26 years, honored more than 150,000
outstanding youth volunteers.
To read about all this year's Prudential Emerging
Visionaries, visit
prudential.com/emergingvisionaries.
About Prudential Financial
Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU), a financial wellness leader
and premier active global investment manager, has operations in
the United States, Asia, Europe
and Latin America. Prudential's
diverse and talented employees help to make lives better by
creating financial opportunity for more people. Prudential's iconic
Rock symbol has stood for strength, stability, expertise and
innovation for more than a century. For more information, please
visit news.prudential.com.
About Ashoka
Ashoka is the largest global network of leading social
entrepreneurs — individuals with new ideas to systemically address
the world's biggest challenges and the entrepreneurial skill to
transform those ideas into national, regional and global social
impact. Over 40 years, Ashoka has supported more than 3,600 social
entrepreneurs in 90 countries with solutions addressing society's
most pressing issues. Ashoka's vision is a world in which Everyone
Is a Changemaker — a society that responds quickly and effectively
to challenges, and where each individual has the freedom,
confidence and societal support to address any social problem. For
more information, visit
ashoka.org.
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