Keynote

Introducing our Keynote “Rachel’s Challenge”

Rachel Scott was the first victim of the Columbine High School tragedy in 1999. Since that fatal day, Rachel’s incredible story has been told to over 10 million people in venues around the world. Oprah, Larry King Live, The Today Show, Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC are a few of the media programs that have shared the story of her life. It has also been featured in a television documentary, a television advertisement about kindness, and has been the subject of several books. This keynote message contains five powerful challenges taken from Rachel Joy Scott’s life. These challenges are being implemented in secondary schools across the country, and are making these schools safer and more enjoyable places to be in. Every listener will walk away a changed person from this heart-rendering, humorous, thought-provoking, and entertaining presentation.

"It's changed my complete outlook on what I say and what I do.”
– T. Kirane, Student, Pinkerton Academy

Program Impact-to-Date in schools:

3,300 schools (high schools and middle schools)
Multiple stadium and large venue events
50 states and six countries
11,000,000 people reached with the message
Seven documented school shootings/violence prevented
Programs in 48 states
1,320,700 attendees
350 Friends of Rachel Clubs that are maintained in middle and high schools
153 KC Clubs (Kindness & Compassion) in elementary schools (since September 2008)
90 documented suicides averted