ON YOUR RADAR
DSN announcements, upcoming events, Professional Development opportunities, and information about activities in our Democracy Schools.
~Constitutional Democracy Project
2023 Annual Conference for Teachers in Civics, Law & Government Friday, October 27 from 8:30am-2:30pm. Register here.
(at Chicago-Kent College of Law, 565 W. Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60661.)
~DSN Mini-Grants
The Democracy Schools Network offers a yearly grant program so active Democracy Schools have an opportunity to apply for funds. These funds will support work that enriches the civic learning experiences of students and improves the school’s organizational culture to provide a more democratic landscape. (This is a webinar on last year's projects.)
This popular and successful program has enabled many of our schools to innovate in ways that would not have been possible otherwise. It has also been a catalyst for collaboration among our Democracy Schools. Please consider applying for this grant (up to $1,000 per school). You can access more details and the application here.
~Civics 101 Refresher Course
Starting on October 17 and airing every other Tuesday evening, New Hampshire’s Public Radio (NHPR) Civics 101 hosts Hannah McCarthy and Nick Capodice will join NHPR’s All Things Considered host Julia Furukawa for Refresher Course, a segment about how our democratic institutions actually work … and maybe along the way, you’ll learn something they didn’t cover in school. (Their book A User’s Guide to Democracy was one of the books we gave our members at the Convening.) Listeners can expect to learn about checks and balances, the Second Amendment, freedom of speech in schools, and more. Civics 101, which has been downloaded across the globe more than 21 million times, is NHPR’s podcast refresher course on the basics of how American democracy works at its best and how each of us can participate in making it stronger. More information here.
~SAVE THE DATE for Book Talk with Shawn McCusker
Join us on Tuesday, December 5 from 4-5 pm to talk about the book, Becoming Active Citizens, with the author, Shawn McCusker. (We. have made this book available to our members during the last two Annual Convenings.) Further details and registration information will be available in the November Monthly Update.
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