2016 Partner City

Washington, DC

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Washington, DC 2015

I challenge you to educate your community about the importance of literacy and its vital role in creating an informed society. Find inventive ways to engage all member of your community in reading or writing for please every day.

Mark Hecker

I challenge you to design a model that increases access to affordable, healthy food for communities that need it most, while stimulating awareness about the importance of healthy food and nutrition.

Patty Stonesifer

By bringing together unlikely allies, I challenge you to unleash peace to counter the culture of violence present in your community.

Eric Dawson

I challenge you to reimagine urban spaces so that kids living in low-income communities have equal opportunities to receive the play-filled childhood they deserve.

Aisha Alexander

Partner

Ensure that every school guarantees students reach their full potential through rigorous and joyful learning experiences provided in a nurturing environment.

Participating Schools

Benjamin Banneker High School
Calvin Coolidge High School
Capital City Public Charter School
César Chávez Public Charter School for Public Policy
Columbia Heights Education Campus
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
E.L. Haynes Public Charter School
Eastern High School
Frank W. Ballou High School

H.D. Woodson High School
McKinley Technology High School
Paul Laurence Dunbar High School
Phelps Architecture, Construction, and Engineering High School
The SEED School of Washington, DC
Thurgood Marshall Academy
Washington Latin Public Charter School
Washington Metropolitan High School
Woodrow Wilson High School

Washington, DC 2016 Speakers

Washington, DC 2016 Judges