This spring, GC collaborated with various stakeholders, including Board members and supporters, school partners, college volunteers and community leaders to design a four year strategic plan focused on three key priorities: 1. Deliver High Impact Action Civics Education 2. Build Demand for Action Civics 3. Build Organizational Infrastructure and Capacity We look forward to hearing… Continue reading GC Launches New Four-Year Strategic Plan
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A Local Heroâs Embodiment of Community Loyalty
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
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
Celebrating RI Spring 2014 Civics Day
Dear Friends, On May 12th, Generation Citizen celebrated our Tenth Rhode Island Civics Day at the Rhode Island State House. I wanted to send along some of the highlights from our event, hopefully I can connect with you individually soon. We will be working hard this summer to meet with more of the Rhode Island community… Continue reading Celebrating RI Spring 2014 Civics Day
Highlights from Greater Boston Spring 2014 Civics Day
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
GC Presents at Annual AERA Conference
In early April, Jason Fitzgerald (a professor at Wagner College on Staten Island who has taught college students volunteering with Generation Citizen and doing related activities), Barbara Ferman (a professor at Temple University and the director of the University Community Collaborative, a partner organization in the National Action Civics Collaborative), and I presented on preparing… Continue reading GC Presents at Annual AERA Conference