Civic leaders from across the country convened for the 2015 Annual Conference on Citizenship. This year’s Conference was held at the Mayflower Hotel with the theme “Civic Innovations in Action”
Peter Levine is Director of CIRCLE, The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement, which is part of Tufts University’s Jonathan Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service.
Alan Khazei is a social entrepreneur who has pioneered ways to empower citizens to make a difference. Alan is the Founder and CEO of Be The Change, Inc.
Data released today by the Colorado Latino Leadership, Advocacy & Research Organization (CLLARO) show that Colorado Latinos are more civically engaged in their communities than national levels of Latino civic engagement across the United States.
It’s a chance for young people to come together and ease the political gridlock in Washington.
Mobilize.org believes the Millennial Generation should play an active role in the future of education in our country and that one of the single most important factors in reversing generational poverty is educational attainment.
At a series of summits entitled “Target 2020: My Education. Our Future.” 150 students from America’s community colleges will identify barriers they face in achieving their postsecondary educational goals and develop Millennial-led solutions to address them.
Civic Voices brings student voices from around the world into your classroom, gives your students a voice in global civic conversations and provides you with teaching tools to explore the intersection of culture and citizenship.
Education is the key to state’s civic health Florida’s Civic Health Index, a new feature of America’s Civic Health Index — the definitive statistical report on civics in the United States — ranks Florida 47th in civic health and near the bottom on such key indicators of our civic life as voter turnout (32nd), volunteering (47th), participation in public meetings (49th) and working with others to solve community problems (40th). The miserable state of our civic health puts Florida on the critical list.
High school dropouts are significantly less likely than better-educated Americans to vote, trust government, do volunteer work, or go to church, according to a new report that reveals a widening gap in “civic health” between the nation’s upper and lower classes.
NCoC’s executive summary of the leading findings from the 2010 Civic Health Assessment, based on research conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2008 and 2009. This document supplements an issue brief we are jointly releasing with the Corporation for National and Community Service. The joint brief is titled “Civic Life in America: Key Findings on the Civic Health of the Nation.”
Recent Comments