Three NH Educators traveled with NH Civics Executive Director, Martha Madsen, and NH Partner Site Director of Mikva Challenge, Amanda Maguire, to Chicago for the annual Mikva Action Civics Summer Institute, an immersive, three-day civics professional development available to teachers using the Mikva Challenge curricula in their classrooms. Participants explored ways to improve school culture and develop students’ academic and social-emotional skills while honing strong teaching practices for implementing Mikva Challenge at their schools.

The cost of attending this professional development, including airfare and lodging, was covered through a generous grant from the Bezos Family Foundation along with local NH organizations including the Tillotson Foundation, the NH Democracy Fund, and the Jameson Foundation.

Mikva Challenge Project Soapbox is a public speaking curriculum that encourages students to develop and deliver an original speech about an issue important to them. These powerful speeches have lasting, transformative impacts on classrooms, schools and communities. You can watch the 2022 NH Project Soapbox here.