Hello GC community! My name is Emily Falk and I am extremely excited to be joining the GC team as the New York Program Associate. Although I was born in Bangor, Maine, I spent a large portion of my childhood and teenage years in Uganda, Kenya, and Eritrea. More recently, I have spent the past… Continue reading Meet Emily, our newest NYC addition…
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“Nadia’s Law” Part 2
“Nadia’s Law” Part 2: Democracy in Action “I was at an event at the State House that was put together by an organization by the name of Generation Citizen. And it was their Civics Day. And I heard a student, a young lady named Nadia from Boston Arts Academy talk about the need for recycling… Continue reading “Nadia’s Law” Part 2
How it All Happens
This coming school year, Generation Citizen will grow to serve 6,000 students in Boston, Providence, and New York City – 2,250 more students than 2011-2012. Growth is both exciting and a challenge – our staff and budget need to increase accordingly. The trick is to grow while actually increasing the effectiveness of our program. And… Continue reading How it All Happens
Must Teachers be Activists?
As one of Generation Citizen’s summer interns, I have been working on a project to help GC better define and characterize “democratic classroom culture.” As a veteran GC Mentor and Education Studies concentrator at Brown, I have encountered the term countless times in lectures, class discussions, and GC trainings. Many agree that democracy in education… Continue reading Must Teachers be Activists?
A firsthand perspective
In February, I was sitting in dorm at Northeastern considering the perennial question facing college freshmen: what should I do during my first college summer? Travel, beach days, and getting to all those unfinished books on my shelf were immediately on the list, but I also wanted to do something meaningful, to put my energy… Continue reading A firsthand perspective
“We should call it Nadia’s law”
On May 11th, at Generation Citizen’s Civics Day, Boston Arts Academy student Nadia Issa spoke to the crowd of 300 students, teachers, and elected officials about the need for a structured recycling program in her school. A few months prior, at the beginning of her GC semester, Nadia and her classmates had noticed the lack… Continue reading “We should call it Nadia’s law”
What I really want to talk about…
The following is a speech given by our Brown University College Coordinator, Elena Maker, at a recent GC event after Providence Civics Day celebrating Mayor Taveras and our Board Chair, Mary Vascellaro. Elena, having worked with Generation Citizen for three years, has an amazing track-record of commitment to civic education and especially to her students.… Continue reading What I really want to talk about…