By joining this challenge community, you're electing to be part of a movement dedicated to making information about civic participation and responsibility more accessible and inclusive so our government can work better for everyone. The way we aim to do that is by breaking the 100 days into 4 quarters of 25 questions each addressing our Local government, State government, National government and Voting. For each quarter, we'll share a new prompt daily for 25 days, challenging each participant to find and design the answer to each prompt based on where they live, and post it to Instagram using our tags, and a location-specific tag.

More detail about the content for each quarter, and dates for each challenge set are provided below. Note the questions for each quarter will be posted 30 days ahead of time, so there will be plenty of time to research, ask questions, collaborate with our community, etc. You can join that community now (please!) on Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest (yeah, Pinterest for visual inspiration).

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national government
february 17 - march 12

Like everything we know about local and state government differences, our relationships to our national government varies across the country; similarly, the more we know, the better we can push for representatives and policy that better represents all of us.

These 25 questions will be posted on Monday, January 20.

state government
march 13 - april 6

Minimum wage, state tax, sales tax, state highways and roads, drivers licenses, school budgets, standardized testing, business licensing and unemployment compensation only scratch the surface of what is in the domain of our state government. Our state leaders also control our voting systems — where we vote, how we can vote, who gets to vote, access to voting and openness to voting reform.

These 25 questions will be posted on Monday, February 12.

local government
april 7 - may 1

Whether elected by district or at-large, the local leaders we choose make decisions that affect our police and fire departments, emergency medical services, municipal courts, transportation and public works (to name a few). Learning more about how to participate and be heard is imperative; of the three tiers of government, those serving in city hall should be the echelon that most closely mirrors the makeup of its constituents.

These 25 questions will be posted on Monday, March 2.

voting
may 2 - may 26

Does your state use the first-past-the-post, two-round, instant-runoff or primary voting system? What's the difference between a mail ballot and an absentee ballot? What pro-voter reforms are in place and/or in the works where you live? Whatever the answers, if voters and potential voters don't know about them, no type of reform will increase voter turnout. Better awareness and understanding does increase participation.

These 25 questions will be posted on Monday, April 6.

all  for  one + one  for  all

This is more than finishing a challenge. It's about growing a community. ​Finishing any 100 Day Challenge can be daunting, but this one doesn't have to be. Whether you need a cheerleader to encourage you towards the quarterly finish lines, researchers to help you find the information you need for your design, or mentors to advise you — we're building a community of collaborators to finish this challenge together.

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