ENTER THE CHALLENGE

STRONGER
THAN HATE

Challenge

The 2022 Stronger Than Hate Challenge is now closed. This challenge invites students ages 13-18 to create a video, write a poem, song, or blog, or produce a painting or piece of artwork that demonstrates the chosen medium’s potential to create a community that is stronger than hate.

Quick Links: Entry Steps Rules, Prizes, Judging Overview and Tips and Tricks Videos

Step 1: Learn

Start the challenge journey with the Stronger Than Hate interactive module. Students will learn about the origins of hate plus hear how listening to and telling stories can make us all more empathetic, help us recognize our shared humanity, and create a world that is stronger than hate. (Module is self-paced and takes 15-20 minutes.)

Launch Module

Step 2: Create

After completing the module, students work individually or as a team (up to 4 members) to create their challenge submission. The submission can take multiple forms – videos, poems, songs, blogs, paintings, and artwork are all accepted – with the ultimate goal of connecting people, building empathy, and bringing community members together through the power of testimony and story.

Challenge Overview

Watch the tips and tricks video from past winners!

Step 3: Submit

After finalizing their work, students are asked to register for an account to officially submit their project for consideration. Students must obtain consent from a parent or guardian in order to create an account, which can be completed electronically with a few simple steps. Parents/guardians will receive a username and password to share with their child to complete the submission process.

Rules & Prizes

1st Place:
$6,000 plus a trip to USC
Shoah Foundation to meet
powerful storytellers and
changemakers

2nd Place:
$3,000

3rd Place:
$1,000

View Full Rules & Prizes

Timeline


Challenge Open:
  • Begins: January 27, 2022
    Ends: May 26, 2022
  • Judging Period:
    Begins: June 3, 2022
    Ends: July 31, 2022
  • Winner Announcement
    Fall 2022

Judging

Projects to be judged on creativity, connection to testimony, and more – check out the full Judging Rubric below.

View Full Rubric

Overview Tips and Tricks Videos

Watch the videos below to learn more about the process and be inspired by last year’s winning entries!

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Take Action To Be Stronger Than Hate

Hear about the Stronger Than Hate Challenge and how you can create a piece of artwork that demonstrates how your community can be Stronger Than Hate.

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Learn Last Year’s Winners!

Listen to the process these students used to create winning entries last year.

  • How did storytelling play a role in helping you win?
  • What advice would you give to students entering?

Watch the Tips Video

About The Partners

USC Shoah Foundation

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The USC Shoah Foundation preserves and amplifies the voices of the past to build a future that remembers. The Archive is home to more than 59,000 testimonies of survivors and witnesses of the Holocaust, contemporary antisemitism, the Armenian Genocide, and other historical events of genocide. It is the largest such collection in the world. Established in 1994, the USC Shoah Foundation found a permanent home at the University of Southern California in 2006. With survivor testimony at the center, the USC Shoah Foundation's innovative programming, global-impact strategies, and forward-looking research initiatives help foster insights and practical solutions to preserve Holocaust memory and history, confront antisemitism and strengthen democratic values.

Discovery Education

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Discovery Education is the worldwide edtech leader whose state-of-the-art digital platform supports learning wherever it takes place. Through its award-winning multimedia content, instructional supports, and innovative classroom tools, Discovery Education helps educators deliver equitable learning experiences engaging all students and supporting higher academic achievement on a global scale. Discovery Education serves approximately 4.5 million educators and 45 million students worldwide, and its resources are accessed in nearly 100 countries and territories. Inspired by the global media company Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc., Discovery Education partners with districts, states, and trusted organizations to empower teachers with leading edtech solutions that support the success of all learners. Explore the future of education at www.DiscoveryEducation.com.