Photo Credits: Zach Cordner
Aeeshah Ababio-Clottey Author & Co-Founder of the Attitudinal Healing Connection
Alanis Morissette, Singer, Actress, & International Entertainer
Arnold Shapiro, Arnold Shapiro Productions, producer of the Emmy Award winning Teen Files series
Brenda Blasingame, Ex. Director, Contra Costa Children’s & Family Agency
Dan Millman, Former World Champion Athlete, Visionary, Professor & Author
Debbie Ford, Author (The Right Questions, Spiritual Divorce, Dark Side of the LightChasers) & founder of the Ford Institute of Integrative Coaching
Greg Jamison, President and CEO, San Jose Sharks
Jim Kooler, PhD, Administrator, California Friday Night Live Partnership
John Robbins, Author, Environmentalist & Founder of EarthSave International
Kokomon Clottey, International Activist, Author & Co-Founder of the Attitudinal Healing Connection
Kris & Richard Carlson, PhD, Authors (Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff series) & Lecturer
Leeza Gibbons, Television New Journalist, Producer, Social Entrepreneur, & host of the Teen Files:Surviving High School Documentary
Lisa Ling, Actress, International Correspondent & featured reporter for “Oprah’s High School Challenge”
Lynne Twist, Author (Soul of Money) & co-founder Pachamama Alliance
Marshall Rosenberg, Founder, Center for Non-Violent Communications
Marianne Williamson, Author, International Lecturer & Chairwoman of The Peace Alliance
Ocean Robbins, Co-founder, Youth for Environmental Sanity (YES)
Patch Adams MD, Founder, Gesundheit Institute
Peter Yarrow, Singer, Songwriter, Activist & Founder of Operation Respect
Ryan Reynolds, Actor/Entertainer
Stephan Rechtschaffen, Co-founder, Omega Institute
Van Jones, Founder, Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
People Helping People Award, New Directions Counseling Center, February 2006
Peter F. Drucker Honorable Mention for Nonprofit Innovation, 2006
Million Dollar Round Table Keynote Address, 2006
Top Mental Health Professionals, Rich Dutra-St. John, Consumers’ Research Council, 2006
Champions of Forgiveness Award, Worldwide Forgiveness Alliance. August 7, 2005
Woman of the Year, Contra Costa County, Martinez, CA, September, 2003 [Co-Founder Yvonne St. John Dutra]
Governor's Proclamation, State of Wyoming, Cheyenne, WY, October 10, 2001
Emmy Award, Teen Files: Surviving High School, featuring Challenge Day, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, 2000
Letter of Appreciation, Assemblyman Tom Torkalson, California State Legislature, December 18, 2000
Mayor's Proclamation, Austin, TX, December 11, 1997
Speaker's Award, D.A.R.E Officers' Association, Concord, CA, March 1992
Certificate of Achievement, U.S. Congressman George Miller, 7th District of California
Featured on the Oprah Show for "Oprah’s High School Challenge" in 2006
Challenge Day has appeared in hundreds of newspaper, magazine, book and television media, including this small sampling: (We hope you saw us on The Oprah Winfrey Show on November 9th, 2006!)