MyImpact Challenge Lesson 1: Identifying Your Problem
In the first MyImpact Challenge activity, students will explore the purpose of the project and start their own project by identifying a challenge in their community they wish to address.
MyImpact Challenge is a civic engagement contest hosted by the Bill of Rights Institute. Submission is open to US citizens and US-based young people who are between the ages of 13 and 19 and enrolled in middle or high school on January 1, 2024.
Submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. PT on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
Submission is open to students in all U.S. states, territories, and Armed Forces Schools Abroad..
• Student Grand Prize: $10,000
• Student First Prize: $7,500
• Student Second Prize: $5,000
• Student Third Prize: $2,500
• Student Honorable Mention: $1,500
• Teacher Grand Prize: $500
• Teacher Support Prize: $500
• Teacher Submission Prizes: $500
• Win $500 - $1500 For Your ARIZONA Service Project! Attend the Conference & WIN prizes!
• All Arizona-based entries will be invited to exhibit their projects in-person on April 24, 2024!
• The contest is open to Arizona students between the ages of 13 and 19 who are involved in a community service project.
• Deadline: Must be received by 11:59 p.m. PT on Monday, March 31, 2024.
• Win up to $5,000 For Your MISSOURI Service Project! Attend the Conference & WIN prizes!
• All Missouri-based entries will be invited to exhibit their projects in-person on May 3, 2024!
• Open to Missouri-based young people who are between the ages of 13 and 19.
• Deadline: Must be received by 11:59 p.m. PT on Monday, March 31, 2024.
• Win $500 - $2,000 For Your UTAH Service Project! Attend the Conference & WIN prizes!
• All Utah-based entries will be invited to exhibit their projects in-person on June 14, 2024!
• Open to Utah-based young people who are between the ages of 13 and 19.
• Deadline: Must be received by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2024.
Download our informational posters for your classroom or print them and distibute them as flyers.
Our press kit contains contest details and FAQs as well as profiles of previous winners.
Click here to learn how to enter MyImpact Challenge!
Learn about our $40,000 in prizes for students and teachers!
"Every man is under the natural duty of contributing to the necessities of the society." - Thomas Jefferson
We've developed six lessons to help students create meaningful MyImpact Projects. Help your student learn how they can create governmental, charitable and social enterprise solutions to problems or opportunities they see around them.
Our contest team will be more than happy to answer any questions you have about the contest. We look forward to hearing from you!
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