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ABOUT
DAY CHALLENGE

DAY Challenge Social Innovation was originally initiated by social innovation NGOs, enterprises, and communities from the U.S., China, and the UK in 2020. Led and supported by alumni of world-famous universities, cross-sector innovation experts, and scholars from diversified industries all over the world, DAY Challenge Social Innovation is committed to promoting and incubating social innovation projects led by young creators and providing a communication platform centered on social impact by youth, innovation for good and entrepreneurship for good.

 

Our Values

By connecting and incubating outstanding youth social innovation projects, we are aimed to promote the following values:

 

Fun and Meaningful

 

We hope that aspiring young creators can enjoy the fun and achievement of innovation, and spread this excitement. "Fun and Meaningful" would be one of the critical and basic evaluation criteria to select projects to be qualified for the DAY Challenge.

 

Integrative and Collaborative

 

Day Challenge will focus on interesting and fresh perspectives, gathering aspiring young people across different fields such as humanities, science, art, and philosophy, to observe society with fresh eyes and create meaningful designs for life. We encourage challengers to create in groups. We firmly believe that integrated talents and agile organizations are the most needed driving force in the VUCA era.

 

Entrepreneurship with Social Impact

 

A healthy society comes from the common interests of all fields. We encourage young people to start with the familiar little things around them, and constantly explore, recognize, practice and influence. Step by step, root the concept of mutual benefit in creation.

 

Learning through Creating

 

In addition to participating in different programs and events with DAY Challenge, young leaders can also apply to become part of our operation team. Members can have the opportunity to grow in an all-around way in a team with great autonomy, innovative spirit, and responsibility. Trained in creative skills, design thinking, project management, media marketing, entrepreneurial literacy, and other aspects, you will become the most popular innovative talent and leader in the future.

Sponsoring and Supporting Organizations

partially listed; in no particular order

Starlight & Firefly (501C NGO)

NPI 恩派 (Non-profit Incubator)

RE-LOOK Social Innovation

GoBeyond Sustainable Travel  

Chinese Service Design Community (CSDC)

DAYU Community Development Center

Happy Sharing Foundation

CUHKCZ Social Practice Center

OCEA Hub

Swire Properties

Calmthink Technology

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Qisejin Rare Disease

DESIS Tongji

unSCHOOL

724 Hub

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Previous Judges & Advisors

partially listed; in no particular order

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Shiny Xuan Feng

Assoc. Prof. & Director of Global Mentorship Program at

University of Nottingham Ningbo

Dr.Phil. Social and Organizational Psychology

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Zhe Sun

Lecturer and Researcher in Economic Sociology, Shanghai University of Finance and Economy (S.U.F.E).

Ph.d in Economic Sociology, ENS Paris-Saclay

Post-doc in Urban Governance, Shanghai Jiao-Tong University

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Yuan Yuan

Founder, Yuan Yuan Design Studio, Paris

Special Award Winner, 2019 German Design Award

MA in Object Design, Académie des Beaux-Arts and Reims School of Art and Design

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Emily Wu

Founder of Starlight & Firefly

Former President of Nankai University Alumni Association

Master degrees from  NYU and UIUC

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Flora Wang

Co-founder of Gobeyond

Ford Watson Fellow

Master's Degree in Public administration from University of Pennsylvania

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Jay Lin

Founder and Chairman of the Board of multiple international advertising and media firms

Founder of Jay Lin Scholarship for College of Media in University of Illinois

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Jing Jin

Co-founder & Vice-chairman of DAYU Community Development Center
Ph.D., Urban Planning and Community Building, Tokyo Metropolitan University

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Yanyue Yuan

Asst. Prof. at NYU Shanghai

PhD in Education from the University of Cambridge

Master’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Oxford

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Xuan Xue

PhD in Architecture, National University of Singapore.
Research projects include: Cultural Policy and Community Arts Engagement in Singapore, towards Citizen's Arts Landscape.

and many more...

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