Programs That Transform
Through Compassion
Challenge Day - Give Us A Day, We'll Change Your World
Become a Leader
We're Hiring Challenge Day Leaders!
Application Deadline is February 8, 2019.
Our Impact
Supporters
Featured on Oprah, MTV's If You Really Knew Me, and
Emmy award-winning Teen Files.
Oprah Winfrey
"I believe this is the very idea of Dr. King's dream fulfilled. It is the dream of giving hope a chance, giving peace a chance, giving love a chance. I'm not kidding when I say this is how we change the world."
Kristine Carlson
“I’ve been blessed to have served Challenge Day in many capacities over the years. Every teen who is touched by the miracle of connection that happens at Challenge Day will be forever changed and empowered. This program changes lives for the better and the world we live in becomes a better place.”
Reasons to Choose Challenge Day
Impactful
Challenge Day offers immediate results in just one day. Our experience-based learning process is more effective than longer programs requiring more school resources.
93% of students recommend our workshops to family and friends
Highly-Trained Leaders
No training is required on your part. Our program experts are carefully selected and have passed our thorough qualification process. Two high-energy charismatic facilitators will come to your school or workplace.
25+ social and emotional learning experts who passed our 6-month full immersion training program
Transformational
Challenge Days are holistic and experiential programs. Instead of talking at people, our programs engage them in exercises that provoke deep internal insights and empathy for others.
91% of students feel more supportive of others
Connected
Our carefully crafted and scripted exercises create a genuine connection between people and promote the experience of belonging. We often hear: “It was the best day of my life!”
80% of students feel more connected
Improves Behavior
Challenge Day improves social and emotional health thereby reducing behavioral problems and increasing academic outcomes.
40% reduction of instances of negative student behavior has been reported from our partner schools in Denver
Reliable
Our program is carefully designed to achieve standardized social and emotional outcomes in different school and community settings, ranging from alternative to public urban and rural, and charter and private schools.
We’ve held Challenge Days for 30 years in 2200 diverse schools and communities and 10 countries around the world
This is how
we change the world.
Oprah Winfrey
