Tomorrow Project Challenges

What is to become of the American health care system with vaccine-skeptic Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. in charge and top leaders of the CDC resigning? Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is calling for Kennedy's resignation. What do you think?

Consider how rights are diminishing for LGBTQ+ people, women, Native Americans, people of color, people with disabilities, and other historically marginalized groups. Write about the impact this has on you, your friends & family, your community.

If all collective knowledge was destroyed, except for one brief but informative sentence, what would you like the world to know?

Capture images of America in your travels this summer!

Create art that explores the many impacts of the climate crisis and celebrates the wonders and beauty of Earth. Find inspiration in YWP Alumni Advisor Sam Aikman's series of visual art prompts. 

Consider the communities in your life and write about them with the help of prompts and examples! 

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." July 4, 1776

Using the medium of your choice, interpret the concept of democracy. Consider President Abraham Lincoln's "government of the people, by the people, for the people." You can take a realistic photograph or create an imaginative illustration. 

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." Respond to this message from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1963.

Poetry steps in where uncertainty and chaos take root. Poetry lifts us up and moves us forward with determination. Explore these poems of hope and resilience. If you are inspired, share your own.

A democratically elected government might not be enough to uphold the tenets of democracy in America. Can President Abraham Lincoln's vision "of the people, by the people, for the people" be saved? What needs to change to protect democracy?

The Earth is in crisis. Dig deep, YWP, and write about it with YWP Alumni Advisor Sam Aikman. Find "both the heavy and the hopeful, the worried and the appreciative, the challenged and the uplifted ... to create!"