Get IN-VOLVED Challenge

*Summer series 2026 coming soon! We are incredibly gratitude to the Brave Heart Foundation for their support!*

With support from our advisory council, we designed a ten-week challenge series to help Hoosiers get to know a little more about their elected officials and the policymaking process! Participants receive weekly, bite-sized challenges to learn when and how they can participate in the legislative process, how to use tools like the iga.in.gov website, and other strategies to make their voices heard. Completing the weekly challenge successfully enters participants to win prizes!

Our 2026 series launched on January 12th - with some improvements. 

  • Each week on Monday, participants received a 10-to-15-minute video lesson and related challenge to complete.
  • The challenge equipped participants with the skills and information you need to engage in policy advocacy - no matter what issue you care about most.
    • For example, we might have you find and track a bill you support or look up how policymakers voted on a particular issue.
  • We offered an optional "Thursday Tailgate" Zoom call with our team inside the statehouse to get deeper insight into what's going on in the building and provide a chance to ask questions about the lesson or other skills participants wanted to learn.
  • Participants "completed" the weekly challenge in the online form provided by noon on the following Monday for a chance to win prizes. 
  • Those who completed all ten challenges received special recognition as MVPs - we had 18 MVPs in 2026!
Number of Challenge Series Hosted: 3 (+ 1 summer mini-series)
Total Participants: 186
Total Challenges Completed: 1,223
MVPS (launched in 2026): 18

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What People are Saying about Get IN-VOLVED

"I really loved this! I appreciated that it was a bite-sized lesson and task each week because it kept me motivated to complete them all. Thank you!!"
 
"[This gave] me a chance to really get to know our Representatives and also the current bills. Also learning about how the budget is divided was really helpful."
 
"I believe it is always good to know what our government and the state officials are doing. I like to keep myself educated. Thank you for having these weekly courses."
 
"I gained more knowledge and insights on how to look up specific bills, processes, and timeframe of getting a bill passed. I better understand the steps of how the bills get to the desk of the president to be signed off on once passed by Congress. I also learned that once you become a senator, how important it is to serve on boards tbat you're passionate about and will advocate for on behalf of the citizens in the community. Ex: If you're passionate about fair housing or personal property taxes...sit on boards so that you can advocate and be a change maker on behalf of the citizens in those areas. The challenge offered a range of vital information about legislation to know."
 
"[My favorite challenges were] Week 1: Learning what committees your legislator serves on provided good information for knowing where their attention is most focused; Week 2: I liked learning how to follow a bill and get updates; Week 5: This was new to the challenge this year and was great to see how Indiana spends its money; Week 10: So much rhetoric right now is about government spending that this was super timely."

Work with the Institute on Civic Engagement

Would you like to boost civic engagement in your community, group, class, or organization? Contact us to discuss partnering with the Institute to design an interactive workshop or challenge series to meet your goals!

Tell your Lawmaker about a Priority You'd Like Them To Support

You don't have to wait to make your voice heard. Speaking up on an issue is as easy as 1, 2, 3! 

  1. Find your state lawmakers. 
  2. Learn how easy it is to make a call to your state lawmaker with this 3-minute video!
  3. Make the call! If there isn't a specific bill on the issue you care about or the legislature is not currently in session, you can still reach out. Let your lawmakers know what issue you'd like them to support or work on and why. You can also request an in-person meeting to talk through an issue you care about in greater detail. 

Thank you for getting involved!

 

This program is made possible thanks to the support of the Indianapolis Foundation, a CICF Affiliate and private donors. We welcome contributions to support our civic engagement programming!