Sean Freeman, a third year Communication major at John Carroll University has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to community service, advocacy, and civic leadership in the Cleveland community and beyond as a student leader in the Center for Service and Social Action, as a campus convener, and as a community organizer. Sean is involved in the Carroll Ballers Program at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center, tutoring inmates, and leading a civic education program, "We the People" in eighth grade classrooms. Sean has demonstrated a longstanding interest in advocacy related to care for the environment, immigration, and farmworker justice. Sean has led a sustained campus-wide initiative in partnership with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW). He has organized educational forums on campus, advocacy campaigns in the region, and collective justice actions at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. He has educated and involved over 500 students in CIW's Fair Food campaign. Sean has also been involved in educating the campus on the complexity of issues surrounding immigration as the result of an immersion trip to the U.S./Mexico border. Sean's ability to engage others effectively in advocacy and social action, and his sense of social justice make him a powerful advocate for change.