Category: GC HAPPENINGS

A Farewell from our Rhode Island Executive Director

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Generation Citizen Urges Policymakers to Ensure Safe Elections

At Generation Citizen, we believe that our democracy works best when everyone is prepared for civic participation in an inclusive political process. We address inequalities in civic learning by working with historically under-served youth populations in both rural and urban environments, to ensure that all students receive an effective Action Civics education.. The global COVID-19… Continue reading Generation Citizen Urges Policymakers to Ensure Safe Elections

Generation Citizen celebrates Utah’s enactment of pioneering civic engagement program pilot

Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert exercises national leadership on civics education by signing HB 334 into law, authorizing a three-year, pilot civic engagement program calling for project-based civics, service learning, and local innovation SALT LAKE CITY, UT ―  On March 30, 2020, Governor Gary Herbert took a bold, transformative step forward on behalf of the… Continue reading Generation Citizen celebrates Utah’s enactment of pioneering civic engagement program pilot

Reflections and Recommendations for The Civics Education Field: Strengths, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

Prepared by Scott Warren, Co-Founder, Generation Citizen, and Departing CEO Overview: For the past ten and a half years, I have served as the CEO of Generation Citizen (GC). GC has established itself as one of the largest and pre-eminent actors in the civics education field, leading programmatic work across the country, and developing a… Continue reading Reflections and Recommendations for The Civics Education Field: Strengths, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

Join us in Celebrating Our NY Change Makers!

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A Note from Scott Warren on Generation Citizen’s Future

I’m excited to officially announce that I’ll be transitioning out of Generation Citizen’s CEO role at the end of June, 2020.  This is, above all, a time for tremendous celebration.  Co-founding, growing, and leading GC has been the honor and privilege of my lifetime. If you had told me when I was graduating from college… Continue reading A Note from Scott Warren on Generation Citizen’s Future