How we hire our youth? An exposé
Written by Merita Bushi. As a Mikva staffer, one of my favorite things about the organization is our unique process of summer...
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Roosevelt University to award scholarships to Mikva Challenge teens
Roosevelt University to award scholarships to teens doing exceptional work with Mikva Challenge Roosevelt University and the Mikva Challenge announced a...
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Hardie Fleming- Justice & Equity Leader Award Winner
Hardie Fleming is our Justice and Equity Leader Award Winner! Here’s more about him: How did you get involved with Mikva...
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Emilio Araujo Is Our Health Leader Award Winner
Emilio is our Health Leader Award Winner this year! He’s changing the way schools and young people approach health and teen...
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Meet Cynthia Rodriguez- School Leadership Award Winner
Cynthia Rodriguez is one of the six youth change-makers we’re honoring at our Annual Awards Benefit this year. She’s our School...
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Meet Sarait Mendoza- School Leader Award Winner
Meet Sarait Mendoza- driven, humble, caring and fierce. She moved from the south suburbs to Gage Park in the summer before...
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Youth Voices from Action Civics LA
On February 17th, 2016, students, teachers and community partners from across Los Angeles came together at the 2nd annual Actions Civics...
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Mikva Challenge Wins CNDA’s Healthy Communities Award
We are proud, honored & inspired to have received the Chicago Neighborhood Development Award for our Health Activism Initiative in Chicago...
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500 youth gather to take action at our Youth Voice Congress
A City in Crisis, CPS Students Hold Congress to Take Action into their Own Hands 500 teens from 70 high schools...
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Mikva DC takes youth voice to the highest Court in the country!
On January 12th, Mikva Challenge DC took a class of AP government students from HD Woodson High School in northeast DC...
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