Annually, Scholar teams create community change projects to raise awareness and mobilize action in their hometowns. Scholars gain significant personal and team-based leadership skills through this project-based learning experience which combines their unique passion with addressing a community need. With ongoing support from their educator and school administration, and $1,000 in funding from the Bezos Scholars Program, Scholars build a committed team to support their project—also called Local Ideals Festivals—with a vision of impacting peers, their school, and the broader community for years to come. Learn more about the issues that these young people have mobilized change around below.
The day started off with a flash mob followed by workshops facilitated by high school students encouraging middle school students to be kinder to one other by learning together. Students also participated in team-building exercises, and engaged in discussions on bullying and stereotypes, meant to encourage vulnerability in opening up to one another. “There have been massive changes in attitude ...
