Rafaela Palencia, Zayda Olvera, Jocelyn Frias and Jessica Cardenas are Waukegan High School juniors and the children of immigrants. When Palencia, Olvera, Frias and Cardenas were asked in their civics ...

Mikva Challenge is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded on the premise that youth voice and participation matter. Mikva's programming develops youth to be empowered, informed and ...

CHICAGO-- Former congressman and federal judge Abner Mikva, an early mentor to President Barack Obama, has died at age 90. Mikva, who also served as an advisor to President Bill Clinton, died Monday, ...

WASHINGTON — Young people say they are the most affected by the pandemic, but the least listened to. That is about to change, thanks to the Mikva Challenge. Young leaders from 13 states around the ...

For all the ways government affects young people, there still aren’t many avenues for them to influence public policy. But that's less true in Cook County, Ill., where a youth advisory board has ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Democracy is a verb." That's the unofficial motto of the Mikva Challenge. The organization was founded on the premise that civic and political life is better when young people are ...

Mikva Challenge is a youth development and civic education organization focused on preparing youth to be informed, empowered, active citizens and community leaders who will promote a just and ...