One of the most difficult questions that I frequently have to answer is, âWhere are you from?â Although I was born in San Diego, I moved away when I was eight when my dad joined the State Department, moving to four different countries in ten years throughout Latin America and Africa, went to college in… Continue reading A Local Heroâs Embodiment of Community Loyalty
Month: June 2014
NYC Council Passes Resolution Allowing 16- and 17-year olds on Community Boards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 11, 2014 Press Contact: Sarah Andes, (936) 419-9036, sandes@generationcitizen.org New York, NY â Generation Citizen welcomes the passage of City Council Resolution 115, which calls on the New York State legislature and Governor to allow 16- and 17-year olds to serve on NYC community boards, and which came before the Council for a… Continue reading NYC Council Passes Resolution Allowing 16- and 17-year olds on Community Boards
Welcome, Abigail!
GC is fortunate to have a committed, talented cohort of interns this summer. Abigail Panitz, a rising senior at Friends Seminary in New York City, joins the development team to support our national and NYC fundraising efforts. Welcome, Abigail! I come from a family of people who believe in the value of education. Many of… Continue reading Welcome, Abigail!
Gaining Momentum from Civics Day
As a student of a public junior high school in Queens, Generation Citizen (GC) was an unexpected program to participate in. Our teachers gave us homework, different projects to complete, and subject curriculums – things that we did not question, and we finished our work as we were told. However, GC gave us the opportunity… Continue reading Gaining Momentum from Civics Day
Welcome, NYC Summer Interns!
Generation Citizen is thrilled to host our newest NYC interns, Olivia and Michael, this summer! Below are their brief reflections on their paths to GC. Thanks, Olivia and Michael, for your dedication to GC’s mission. Michael: I come to Generation Citizen after two years of a college experience that has transformed my personal and professional… Continue reading Welcome, NYC Summer Interns!
Return to Democracy
I grew up in Manhattan and in the months after September 11th, my peers and I naturally felt uneasy seeing our home in a state of chaos, smoke, and ash.  My family moved to a suburb just outside of New York City, but even there my high school friends and I were not free from the… Continue reading Return to Democracy