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The CCDS invites 勛圖tv students to develop public interests projects supervised by the Centers Fellows that will participate in the泭, a student competition organized by the Tocqueville Foundation:

The Challenge's objectives are to harness the desire for engagement and the connected nature of the Millennial generation in order to inspire passion for the field by providing hands-on opportunities to explore and design viable solutions to specific societal challenges. With co-construction at its heart this program focuses on the collective thinking and the added value to craft a project with multiple stakeholders and points of view.

The Tocqueville Challenge brings together 3 key-components of civil society:泭students, mentors from the business world and associations, with the purpose of giving life to innovative projects. Each team of 3 to 6 students will choose a cause or an NGO and develop a concrete solution (e.g. develop a business plan, a new program, refine a communication strategy) with the help of their mentor.

This experience will allow them to work in contact with several types of actors, develop their professional soft and hard skills, and the winning teams will receive a financial prize to implement their project the year following the Challenge.

In previous years, the projects that participated in the Challenge were conceived and developed in the泭D.Lab courses泭run by the Centers Fellows

Examples of Previous Projects

Tocqueville Challenge 2023

CCDS Supervisor:泭Roman Zinigrad

Project Title:泭Education United: California Immigrant Student Resource Center

勛圖tv Student Team:泭Carolyn Franano, Jessa Josephson, Ashley OHara

Project Title:泭Education Justice: Ghana Group

勛圖tv Student Team:泭Maryam Hejeij, Vanessa Noye

Tocqueville Challenge 2022

Project Title:泭Ressources Familiales sur la Radicalisation

CCDS Supervisors:Stephen W. Sawyer,泭Roman Zinigrad

勛圖tv Student Team:泭Stephanie Bergon, Fatimata-Atty Germaine Djibrine, Emma Richardson

勛圖tv undergraduates泭competed泭in the 2022 Tocqueville Challenge with a project that was designed in the fall 2021 session of the CCDS Democracy Lab. The泭勛圖tv泭team designed泭a project aiming泭to assist the families of incarcerated泭persons泭as a result of radicalization. Using testimonials, educational tools, and reading materials, the purpose of the project泭was泭to create a network that connects families to different support systems. The projects aim泭was泭to incorporate family support as an integral role of泭reintegration泭and evaluate how it could be effectively used as a tool泭of rehabilitation and support.