Civic Education Week
Each state’s constitution or public education statutes acknowledge the civic mission of colleges. CCCE enters a brand new era of youth civic engagement with the launch of Becoming Citizens , an internship program for University of Washington college students who will assist facilitate civic engagement initiatives in faculties and community programs. We also envision a Seattle Youth Commons to attach regional youth in reporting on events and points that matter in their communities. These initiatives will stimulate on and off line forums to give young people higher communication skills and greater public voice. Students who earn this award will have a bonus in job purposes and with college purposes and scholarships.
Generation Citizen is a nonprofit that teaches what it calls “action civics” to greater than 30,000 middle college and high school college students.24 The courses provide schools with detailed curricula and give students opportunities for actual-world engagement as they …