Civic education is the beginning of youth civic engagement and productive adult participation in civic affairs. Join 100+ civics organizations for Civic Learning Week, March 6-10, featuring five days of workshops, webinars and other activities sponsored by iCivics and the CivXNow coalition, aimed at understanding and promoting youth civic learning, education and engagement. Our democracy depends on it!

Mapping Civic

Engagement

Civil Discourse Crucial to Understanding

2022 All-America City Celebrations

On February 16th, the Institute for Citizens and Scholars released a new report, ‘Mapping Civic Measurement: How Are We Assessing Readiness and Opportunities?’. The report provides maps of the civic field, reviewing and analyzing existing literature, practices, and tools. 

Two maps—civic readiness and civic opportunities—were created through extensive interviews of people in the field, as well as resource collection. 

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As Americans, it is time to stop fighting and start solving our problems! Experts have long agreed that guided face-to-face conversations are the best way to facilitate discourse. Listening to understand is crucial in this process. The 6th annual National Week of Conversation held April 17-23, invites Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs to find their place in community with people willing to talk across their differences to solve important problems. Read more.

As the National Civic League prepares to name the 2023 All-America City Finalists next month, we take a look back at the community celebrations of the 2022 designees. League and Campaign for Grade-Level Reading representatives visited the 2022 winners who celebrated and were recognized for their achievements at parades, picnics, luncheons, and city council meetings.

Relive the celebrations through photos here!

Think Globally,

Act Locally

Community Outreach for Community Safety

Los Angeles Tackles Digital Equity

Global Youth Service Day (which is actually multiple days) is coming up April 28-30 and is the largest youth service and civic action event in the world. Global Youth Service Day is the largest youth service and civic action event in the world and the only one that celebrates and builds the capacity of all youth ages 5-25 to help our communities and democracy thrive by working together for the common good. In 2022 there were 565 global partners and almost 600 participating communities joining together to create change and a lasting impact both locally and globally. 

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The National Civic League is assisting the City of Grand Rapids, MI in a series of community outreach efforts; the work began in October 2022 and is scheduled to finish in April 2023. We often engage the expertise of senior fellows to amplify many of our civic engagement projects throughout the U.S. Most recently, some of these experts along with League staff gathered in Grand Rapids to facilitate community conversations surrounding public safety with three underserved populations including, youth and young adults, LBGTQ+, and immigrant, Latino/ Hispanic communities.

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Key to the designation of the City of Los Angeles as an All-America City last year was its work on digital inclusion. Celebrating its award last month at a special ceremony, Councilmember Curren Price said that “digital equity is more important than ever for our youth.” The city has done amazing work to narrow the digital gap for not only young people, but all residents. At the beginning of the pandemic, many young people living in Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) communities faced difficulties engaging in virtual learning due to a lack of technology and digital infrastructure.

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