Classrooms needed for Student-Candidate Interviews

The Committee of Seventy's popular student-candidate interviews have over a dozen candidates registered for virtual, Zoom-based interviews that have yet to be matched with a classroom. We welcome schools from across the Commonwealth, but we have a special need for classrooms in Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, and Philadelphia. Sign up your class by April 30th!

PA Civics welcomes three new members

PA Civics is excited to welcome three new members to our coalition.

Eastern State Penitentiary's Center for Justice Education offers a variety of resources and learning materials for SE PA students. They engage students and communities with resources and opportunities around the American criminal justice system.

The Center for Civic Education has two flagship programs that operate in Pennsylvania and nationwide: 1) We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution; and 2) Project Citizen. They also have numerous free, ancillary resources and paid professional learning opportunities happening in PA.

izzit.org, based in Erie, has an online self-paced Civics Fundamentals course based on the U.S. Naturalization Test. In addition, they feature full-length educational videos specifically featuring lessons on American civics.

"Voicing the Youth Vote" webinar on May 1

The Middle States Council for the Social Studies is hosting a webinar on Thursday, May 1st from 7-8 pm titled "Voicing the Youth Vote." The webinar will feature Dr. Shelina Warren, who is the inaugural recipient of the Middle States Council Innovative Civic Engagement Aware.

Register here.