Category: GC in Action

Photos: Alexis Picheny Photography GC Greater Boston’s Civics Day Spring 2014 was our biggest Civics Day yet! 350 students from 44 classes, 15 different schools, and 4 different school districts (representing GC Greater Boston’s nearly 3,000 students served this semester) presented their GC action projects. The 80 Judges in attendance included elected officials, community activists, and business leaders from… Continue reading Highlights from Greater Boston Spring 2014 Civics Day

National Action Civics Collaborative Launches Campaign to Energize and Improve Youth Civic Engagement Today, six organizations from around the country launched an effort to energize and improve youth civic engagement in America.  Calling on Americans to reinvigorate civic education through “Action Civics,” they offered practical resources for educators interested in bringing action civics to their… Continue reading Launch of National Action Civics Collaborative

As Generation Citizen continues to grow, we continue to assess our impact- both through determining which parts of our our program are working and which we need to improve.  To do this, we are employing a number of different evaluation tools, including a pre- and post-test survey, and more rigorous process evaluation tools, which involve… Continue reading Assessing Efficacy and Skills Impact

Working at Generation Citizen has been, by far, one of the most rewarding experiences I have ever had. This is the first time I have ever had an opportunity to teach in a classroom, which is extremely helpful for my chosen field of education. I enjoy going to see my students every session and hearing… Continue reading Challenges of Consensus

Time to introduce our March Democracy Coaches of the Month! BOSTON DC OF THE MONTH: PETER PETRIN, STUDENT AT NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY What brought you to GC? I originally found the Generation Citizen model appealing based on my interests in politics and service. I also found myself seeking opportunities to better understand the issues and challenges… Continue reading March DCs of the Month

Skepticism “There’s nothing we can do to change these problems.  They are never gonna change.” “Man, if Martin Luther King had thought that, where do you think we would be?” –       An interchange between two GC students at the start of the GC program, Fall 2012 As Generation Citizen launches our fall and yearlong programs… Continue reading Nadia’s Law Part 3: It Launched!

Democracy Coach applications are up and running and we encourage you to apply right away! In recognition of application season, here is something from the archives – a piece written last spring by Lindsay Adler of Boston University: “I am about to graduate as a sociology major, political science minor from Boston University. Ever since I… Continue reading “I cannot get enough…”

“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

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”