Top 30 winners — selected from hundreds of
entries — receive seed-funding and a visit to T-Mobile HQ to bring
their big ideas to life, and three best-of-best Category Winners
will pitch T-Mobile leaders for a chance to earn up to $10,000
T-Mobile and the T-Mobile Foundation today announced the winners
of the 2019 T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge, the Un-carrier’s
nationwide contest that is mobilizing the next generation of young
visionaries. For the second consecutive year, T-Mobile, the
T-Mobile Foundation, and Ashoka, the world’s largest network of
social entrepreneurs, put out a call to youth aged 13 to 23 from
the U.S., asking them to submit BIG ideas aimed at changing their
communities for good. They received an amazing 428 entries — a 32%
increase over last year’s total submissions — which were then
narrowed down to the 30 winning teams in three categories,
Technology, the Environment and Education.
From each category, one team was selected as the category
winner.
“T-Mobile is all about finding BOLD solutions and driving CHANGE
-- and that is EXACTLY what our Changemaker Challenge is all about!
This year we received hundreds of amazing entries from inspiring
future leaders who have big ideas about how to create a better
world and we were totally blown away by what we saw! These youth
are going to ensure a brighter future for us all and we can’t wait
to help them make their ideas a reality!” said John Legere, CEO of
T-Mobile and president of the T-Mobile Foundation.
Winners receive seed money from the T-Mobile Foundation and a
trip to T-Mobile’s headquarters. Here’s how it works:
- Each of the 30 winning teams (ten per category) will receive
$2,000 in seed funding.
- In February 2020, all 30 winning teams will convene at
T-Mobile’s Bellevue headquarters for the Changemaker Lab, a
three-day immersive experience where they’ll meet with mentors from
T-Mobile and Ashoka while networking with the other young
Changemakers from across the country.
- One team from each category will be selected as the Category
Winner and receive an additional $3,000, for a total of $5,000 per
winning team.
- At the Changemaker Lab, the three Category Winners will have a
chance to pitch their ideas to T-Mobile leadership, and one team
will be chosen as the 2019 Changemaker Challenge grand prize
winner. That team will be awarded an additional $5,000 in seed
funding — $10,000 total! They will also receive a return trip back
to T-Mobile HQ later in the year to supercharge their project with
further mentorship!
Judges from T-Mobile and Ashoka reviewed submissions based on
the following criteria:
- Changemaker Quality assesses preliminary work already
put into each idea.
- Creativity measures each idea’s degree of
innovation.
- Commitment determines level of devotion to seeing a
project through and ensuring a lasting impact.
- Connection determines each team’s ability and openness
to working with others in their community.
Projects ranging from apps to robots to political advocacy
groups offered solutions around topics ranging from mental health
to bee colony collapse to flood warning systems to gun violence
prevention. Several proposals aimed at better integrating science,
technology, engineering and math instruction (STEM) into U.S.
classrooms and prioritizing greater diversity and equity within the
tech industry. Notably, most of the top-rated Technology entries
were submitted by young women!
Winners of the 2019 Changemaker
Challenge For more details about each Top 30 winning
team, check out the Changemaker 2019 Lookbook. Watch as the
category winners are surprised in this video!
Technology Top Category Winner
Ava: A Video Game About Space Pirates and Social Situations
(Pomona, CA) A role-playing video game that gives autistic players
a safe space to try out social situations and emotional
responses
Category Winners A1Centive (Washington, D.C.) An
incentive program that encourages teens with type 1 diabetes to
better manage their blood sugar by rewarding them for staying in
range
AmityConnections (Aldie, VA) An app that connects family
members to the health of their elders by aggregating real-time data
from smart medical devices
Bringing the Love of Volunteering to Underserved
Communities (Houston, TX) A technology platform to help
disadvantaged students find ways to volunteer and make a change in
their communities
Converge (Palos Heights, IL) A global interfaith
community platform aimed at fostering discussion, awareness and
action
Girl Innovation (Gurabo, PR) Closing the gender gap in
tech through workshops, summer camps and mentoring programs to
introduce middle school girls to programming and robotics
notOK App (Atlanta, GA) A mental health app that takes
the guesswork out of asking for help
Positive Impact for Kids (Greenville, SC) Leveraging
technology such as iPads and video games to improve the
hospitalization experience for pediatric patients in the U.S.
She Can Tech (Portage, IN) A near-peer technology program
for middle school girls made to increase the meaningful
participation of women in STEM
We the Immigrants (Henderson, NV) A platform that shares
immigrant youth stories around their immigration experiences
The Environment Top Category
Winner Youth Climate Action Coalition (Granite Bay, CA) A
youth-led environmental organization mitigating the effects of
climate change by reducing the carbon footprint of schools and
communities
Category Winners BEEducated (Sammamish, WA) A
youth-driven organization combating the harmful environmental and
economic effects of Colony Collapse Disorder on bees
Homes4Monarchs (Palos Park, IL) Creating free seed
packets, events and gardens across Chicagoland to restore native
ecosystems and save species like the monarch butterfly
HydroAlert (Austin, TX) A low-cost flood warning system
that measures real-time water levels at high-risk locations and
alerts the affected population and emergency personnel
Ian's Giving Garden & Frutas Frescas Orchard (Austin,
TX) A gardening program that encourages youth to volunteer in the
construction and maintenance of edible gardens, a food source for
families struggling with food insecurity
Jee Foods (Hamilton, OH) Student-powered food rescue and
hunger relief, rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted and
donating it back into the community
1 Week to Save the Earth Challenge (Portland, OR)
Reducing emissions in the fight against climate change by shifting
the way we eat
PlantumAI: AI-Automated Crop Analytics for Less-Fortunate
Areas (Macungie, PA) An app to help farmers identify crop
diseases, receive pesticide advice and optimize yields with
understandable analytics
Remora (Corozal, PR) Focused on environmental
sustainability, water conservation and educational training to
provide clean water to communities in need
The Green Sleep Project (Danbury, CT) Giving plastic bags
a new life by turning them into sleeping mats for the homeless and
educating youth on pollution and climate change
Education Top Category Winner
Stories Untold U.S. (Parkland, FL) A platform to give voice to
everyone in the U.S. who has been affected by gun violence
Category Winners A Voice for Kids (Muncie, IN) Raising
awareness and educating schools and other organizations about signs
of abuse to provide a voice for kids in foster care or child
welfare
Be the Change (Cleveland, OH & Lincoln, NE) Changing
the way young people are educated and prepared to succeed in
undervalued areas of the U.S.
Empowering Today's Girls to be Tomorrow's Scientists
(Wilmington, DE) Inspiring young inner-city girls to embrace STEM
(science, technology, engineering and math) by inviting them to
hands-on STEM workshops
Future Kings Mentoring (Pittsburgh, PA) Developing
male-identifying black youth into Future Kings
Hey Schools! Let Teens Take the Wheel (Jacksonville, FL)
Empowering teens impacted by crime and violence to talk to and
teach school leaders about the problems they face in order to
improve policy
Homegirl Project (Oviedo, FL) Training girls of color to
become political changemakers through mentorship, digital resources
and community-building
Object: Now Girly Means Confident (Menlo Park, CA)
Promoting confidence in young girls by connecting them with women
role models through storytelling and experiential activities
3C Social Youth Entrepreneurship Digital Academy
(Sammamish, WA) Inspiring youth to become social entrepreneurs to
advance UN sustainable development goals
Youth Educating Police Training & Workshop (Portland,
OR) A youth-specific training curriculum educating officers on the
teen brain and key youth tendencies
The T-Mobile Changemaker Challenge was inspired by America’s
youth activists and developed in partnership with and sponsored by
Ashoka, the world’s leading network of systems-changing social
entrepreneurs. The T-Mobile Foundation is partnering with Ashoka
for the Changemaker Challenge because for the last 40 years, Ashoka
has supported social entrepreneurs as they bring new ideas to
systemically address the world’s biggest challenges. Ashoka works
around the globe with partners like the T-Mobile Foundation to
support youth with developing core competencies of empathy,
teamwork, collaborative leadership and changemaking skills.
For more information about the second annual T-Mobile
Changemaker Challenge and to see the full list of entrants, visit
t-mobile.com/changemaker, and join the conversation on social with
#TMoChangemaker.
About T-Mobile US, Inc.
As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc. (NASDAQ: TMUS) is
redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services
through leading product and service innovation. Our advanced
nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences
to 84.2 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on
quality and value. Based in Bellevue, Washington, T-Mobile US
provides services through its subsidiaries and operates its
flagship brands, T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile. For more
information, please visit http://www.t-mobile.com.
About T-Mobile Foundation
The T-Mobile Foundation is committed to changing the world for
good. The Foundation advances positive change in our communities by
supporting causes that focus on youth development and by providing
opportunities for T-Mobile employees to engage in causes that
benefit the communities where they live and work. The T-Mobile
Foundation, created and funded by T-Mobile US, Inc., is recognized
by the IRS as a Section 501(c)(3) private foundation.
About Ashoka
Ashoka is the largest global network of leading social
entrepreneurs—individuals with new ideas to systemically address
the world’s biggest challenges and the entrepreneurial skill to
transform those ideas into national, regional and global social
impact. Over 35 years, Ashoka has supported more than 3,500 social
entrepreneurs in 90 countries with solutions addressing society’s
most pressing issues. Ashoka’s vision is a world in which Everyone
is a Changemaker—a society that responds quickly and effectively to
challenges, and where each individual has the freedom, confidence
and societal support to address any social problem. For more
information, visit ashoka.org.
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