all around the world, children, including the children who will be on the stage tonight are stepping up and learning that the power to create change lies in them as much as with the adults who educate them and influence their lives this feeling of agency and advocacy will stay with these children their entire life encouraging them to remain engaged as they become adults as an ambassador of the organization once said the task inherent in the design for change school challenge defining problems determining solutions, and affecting change, something the rockefeller foundation also inspires, too