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Join Us: Community Change Fellows Graduation Celebration

We’re excited to announce that Generation Citizen’s Community Change Fellowship graduation celebration is right around the corner. Join us in celebrating these young civic leaders! The GC Community Change Fellowship is an internship opportunity for high-performing GC high school alumni to continue their community engagement after the semester in a professional political environment. The evening… Continue reading Join Us: Community Change Fellows Graduation Celebration

Young Leaders Gather for GC’s Democracy Education Youth Summit

Generation Citizen is thrilled to be bringing 26 young people (ages 14-18), together the first week of August for our first-ever Democracy Education Youth Summit. The participants hail from 14 states across the country and will congregate in New York City for three days of activities, workshops, and collaboration. The goal of the summit is… Continue reading Young Leaders Gather for GC’s Democracy Education Youth Summit

WHAT WE’RE READING

Every other week, GC picks out a selection of articles (sometimes videos or podcasts too!) that are relevant to our work and to the civic education space as a whole. We at GC love to expand our learning in every aspect of what we do, and we hope you enjoy our selections!   New Yorkers,… Continue reading WHAT WE’RE READING

New York City Council Allocates Half a Million for Generation Citizen to Expand Civic Education Across the City

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 6, 2016 Contact: Chelsea Schuster cschuster@generationcitizen.org (561) 843-0197   New York City Council Allocates Half a Million for Generation Citizen to Expand Civic Education Across the City Council Funding allows Generation Citizen to Double Program Service to Reach 4,000 Students Annually (New York, NY) The recently Adopted New York City… Continue reading New York City Council Allocates Half a Million for Generation Citizen to Expand Civic Education Across the City

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Young People Could Have Stopped Brexit

In the aftermath of last week’s globally consequential Brexit referendum, in which voters in the United Kingdom decided to historically break away from the European Union, much of the analysis has centered on the imbalance between the opinions of young people and the ramifications of the vote on their futures. Yet a comprehensive statistical analysis… Continue reading Young People Could Have Stopped Brexit

What We’re Reading

Every other week, GC picks out a selection of articles (or in this week’s case, podcasts and videos too!) that are relevant to our work and to the civics education space as a whole. We at GC love to expand our learning in every aspect of what we do, and we hope you enjoy our selections!… Continue reading What We’re Reading

Join Us: Democracy Education Youth Summit

Generation Citizen is organizing a Democracy Education Youth Summit this summer and we want you to join us! We will bring together young people between the ages of 14-18 from across the country for this training and leadership convening, taking place Monday, August 1st – Wednesday, August 3rd in New York City. All expenses will be covered for attendees, but you must apply. The… Continue reading Join Us: Democracy Education Youth Summit

What We’re Reading

Every other week, GC picks out a selection of articles that are relevant to our work and to the civics education space as a whole. We at GC love to expand our learning in every aspect of what we do, and we hope you enjoy our selections! Close the Political Participation Deficit, US News: As this… Continue reading What We’re Reading