At the National Conference on Citizenship, we know it’s important for us to represent and serve all Americans. It’s the only way we can truly advance American democracy for everyone. In our long history as a congressionally-chartered nonprofit organization, we’ve continued to…
It’s been one year since Covid was first announced on U.S. soil. The incoming Biden-Harris administration and other newly elected leaders inherit the largest economic, health and governmental crisis in nearly a century. Today, the National Conference on Citizenship is releasing its…
A new program that prepares senior technology leaders with the skills critical to government service and public policy. The Tech Executive Leadership Initiative (TELI) is a pilot 8 week skills-building initiative to prepare experienced technology leaders to engage effectively with…
With our deepest sympathy, we’d like to share that long-time NCoC chairman Joseph H. Kanter passed away peacefully last week at the age of 97. He joined NCoC as the board chairman in the 1970’s, succeeding former Supreme Court Justice…
The 2020 election was the most participatory election in our country’s history. Even amid the challenges of a global pandemic, local leaders creatively adapted their strategies and doubled down on their commitment to ensure all eligible voters had access to…
Annual award from the National Conference on Citizenship given to Ken Harbaugh – former US Navy Pilot, Congressional candidate, past president of Team Rubicon Global, and co-founder of Mission Continues. November 10, 2020 – In 2009, the Major George A….
WASHINGTON, D.C, October 26, 2020 — An historic election calls for a historic commitment to our democratic process and principles—and recognition of the voters, election workers, and voices right in our neighborhoods who have made our elections possible, particularly through…
The project was a joint initiative of the National Conference on Citizenship and the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement to identify concrete recommendations for innovations in refugee policy, personnel, process, and systems to reinvigorate U.S. humanitarian diplomacy,…
About This Series History has shown that large-scale crises accelerate pre-existing trends and permanently change societies and civic life. While most of the nation’s attention is currently focused on the response to Covid-19, we must ensure that recovery efforts in…
WASHINGTON — With the 2020 census into its final stage, more than one in three people hired as census takers have quit or failed to show up. Many still on the job are going door to door in areas that…
The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is pleased to partner with Luminate, SLSV, Georgetown’s Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation and the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab to offer a series of trainings and office hours featuring experts and peers around the country who are facing…
Read the full article here: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/06/12/opinion/police-data-belongs-people/ Prompted by the recent police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, protesters are demanding a wide range of changes to policing, including abolition, shifting funds to other community services, and tactical reforms. A…