2023-2025 Emerging Leader Fellowship: Capstone Event & Reception

October 21, 2025

The Stoneleigh Foundation hosted a capstone event celebrating the conclusion of the 2023-2025 Emerging Leader Fellowship Cohort. During the event, the four outgoing Fellows delivered powerful and inspiring presentations on their work over the last two years to prevent, interrupt, and reduce gun violence in Philadelphia.

SPEAKERS

Hanae Victoria Mason, MPA
Youth Art & Self- empowerment Project
Healing Futures: Expanding Restorative Justice in Philadelphia’s Youth Punishment System

Julia Zielinski, BA
Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia
Community Safety & Identity Survey Results

Oronde McClain, BS, MS
Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting
The Survivor Connection Directory

Franklin Moreno, PhD
Public Policy Lab in Temple University’s College of Liberal Arts

Related Fellows

Hanae Victoria Mason,… Emerging Leader Fellow

Julia Zielinski, BA Emerging Leader Fellow

Oronde McClain, BS Emerging Leader Fellow

Franklin Moreno, PhD Emerging Leader Fellow

Who We Are

The Stoneleigh Foundation was founded in 2006 by John and Chara Haas to improve the life outcomes of our community's youth. We meet our mission by awarding Fellowships to exceptional leaders who advance change in the systems that serve these young people.

Our Priorities

We seek to improve the life outcomes of our community’s youth by advancing change in the systems that serve them. Because we believe that youth are best served when systems work together to holistically address their needs, Stoneleigh prioritizes work designed to strengthen coordination between or among these systems.

Our Projects

We award two types of projects that catalyze change within, alongside, and outside of youth-serving systems. Our Fellowship Projects enhance how systems work together, improve practice, shift narratives, and generate new knowledge through action-oriented research. Our Youth Partnership Projects support youth-centric organizations that build the leadership and advocacy skills of young people.

Advancing The Field

We are pragmatic and have a bias toward action. We advance the field by hosting public events, publishing policy-relevant research and reports, and elevating the work of our Fellows and grantees in the media.

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We award two types of Fellowships to exceptional individuals who work within and alongside youth-serving systems to catalyze change. Our Fellows undertake projects that enhance how systems work together, improve practice, and generate new knowledge through action-oriented research.