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A Farewell from our Rhode Island Executive Director

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.19.15″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.19.15″] By Tom Kerr-Vanderslice, Rhode Island Executive Director In 2012, I moved back to my home state of Rhode Island to join a young, startup nonprofit called Generation Citizen. While our “Providence office” was me alone, and the entire organization was just 5 people across the country, I was… Continue reading A Farewell from our Rhode Island Executive Director

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

An Update on Generation Citizen’s Response to Covid-19

Dear Generation Citizen Community- Last week, I joined a Zoom call with some of our young people – alumni of our GC program going back several years, calling in from places as diverse as Oklahoma City and Queens, NY and San Francisco – facilitated by our Student Leadership Board.  The students discussed how they were… Continue reading An Update on Generation Citizen’s Response to Covid-19

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

Generation Citizen Public Testimony on New York State Education Budget

Members of the Joint Budget Elementary and Secondary Education Committee: Thank you for the opportunity to submit budget testimony on behalf of Generation Citizen about the New York State Fiscal Year 2021 Education budget. Generation Citizen (“GC”) is a decade-old national nonprofit dedicated to bringing civics education back into the classroom through a new, engaging… Continue reading Generation Citizen Public Testimony on New York State Education Budget

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

Partisan Takes Won’t Define Nonpartisan Action Civics

By Amy Curran, OK Executive Director, and Scott Warren, CEO (Editor’s note: The following commentary appears in response to a commentary published by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs’ Center for Independent Journalism criticizing the civics-education nonprofit Generation Citizen. OCPA’s center did not respond to a request that this piece be published on their site.) In the last 10… Continue reading Partisan Takes Won’t Define Nonpartisan Action Civics