Fifty DC students will take center stage at the National Housing Center on Friday, April 25, 2025 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm to deliver presentations addressing social justice issues in our city and beyond. Now more than ever, they need an audience, and WE NEED YOU! Be a part of celebrating their work and please join us!
What Happens at The One World Challenge
Creative Minds 6th-grader Isabelle Vann delivered her board presentation on plastic pollution in the ocean. Judges and community members learned that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is twice the size of Texas.
Friendship Southeast 7th-grader Janae Poindexter shared her research on rising costs and price gouging. She called on Congress to pass legislation to make it illegal for corporations to price gouge.
Center City NOMA 8th-grader Mar’Vel McLeod argued for more support of the Safe Passage program to transport DC students to and from school. He spoke about the increase in crime over the past few years and how this makes it more dangerous for kids to travel through the city.