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Global Leadership Council
Challenge Day is proud to be endorsed and supported by this diverse group of powerful and respected individuals:

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

Awards & Recognition
Here are just a few of the accolades Challenge Day has received over the years:

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

Media Appearances

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!)

Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul
Global News Canada (The Bully Solution)
The San Francisco Chronicle
The Oakland Tribune
The Emergency Medical Services Journal
The Oprah Winfrey Show
By the Bay
The Washington Post
The Arizona Republic
UPN National Network (Teen Files)
Channel One News, 2007
Channel 2, KTVU San Francisco
CH 5, KPIX San Francisco
Contra Costa Times
 
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