This Civic Saturday was a ”chance for folks to come together after the election to refresh, renew, find some common ground, and discuss how we can make the world a better place, starting locally,” said Michael Cooper, Civic Saturday Fellow. Following the 2024 General Election, Michael partnered with local community leaders to host Civic Saturday in The Triangle. Bringing together over 70 people in Raleigh, N.C, community members, a panelist of elected officials, and several organizations gathered to discuss how they can improve civic life in their neighborhoods. Citizen Redefined partner Leslie Garvin also presented the 2024 Civic Health Index and fortifying civic culture. She reflected, “Today was another pathway toward restoring civic hope, love, and joy in our state."
Citizen University
民间和社会团体
Seattle，Washington 1,890 位关注者
Building a culture of powerful, responsible citizenship across the country.
关于我们
Our mission is to build a culture of powerful, responsible citizenship across the country. Through our programs, Citizen University inspires belief that a strong democracy relies on strong citizens—that we all have the power to make change in civic life and the responsibility to try. We are working to realize the country we know is possible: a mass, multiracial democratic republic that works. A society with healthy, responsive institutions where every person feels represented and knows how to contribute. A society where we share responsibility for strengthening community and country by reckoning with our past and recommitting to our future together. For the better part of a decade, curious citizens just like you have found civic inspiration, discovered new resources, and tapped into their power through our programs. No matter your background or race, your political ideology or family history, if you are looking to take a step further in building civic power and character for yourself and your community, you’re in the right place. Our programs offer you an experiential deep dive into concepts like civic power, civic character, and civic faith. When we each take responsibility and strengthen our resolve to live like citizens, we take ownership of our country and the challenges we face and are one step closer to realizing the promise of America.
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https://www.citizenuniversity.us
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- 民间和社会团体
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- 11-50 人
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- Seattle，Washington
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- 非营利机构
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- 2013
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Calling all journalists, storytellers, and content creators who are mapping out your 2025 storylines — consider: civic culture. Civic culture?shapes how we treat one another and whether we care for our community. It shapes how we show up to solve common problems and whether we are able to disagree without hating one another. The 2024 election reminded us of the deep fissures in our nation’s civic culture. Our nation needs new “stories of us” that give common purpose and show how a stronger civic culture is possible — and happening. This webinar will help you narrate the nation we can be, by examining what shapes our culture, what language activates and unites, and what kinds of stories will help a stronger culture take hold. RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eQBsBhNZ
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"Even as toxically divided and polarized we are... we need to remember it's ok to argue." — Eric Liu, CEO and Co-founder of Citizen University This week, Eric spoke with CNN Anchor and Correspondent Rahel Solomon about the division in our country and the challenges we face with learning how to argue better. "We are not uniform, and that to be unified as a country does not require unanimity. That we should accept a certain amount of division, always, but that the way that we've got to do this is both to have more productive arguments, but also ones that do not dehumanize us across the board..." How can we begin to argue more productively? How do we approach conversations with an openness to understand new perspectives rather than with the attitude of winning over the other side? What does commitment to truth and service in our communities look like? Watch the full interview: https://lnkd.in/e84QqsP5 #CivicEngagement #USElection #USElection2024
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The 'sea of despair' can feel so real — as can the floodwaters of grief, confusion, complacency, or anger. Sit with these feelings as they ebb, course, and surge. And when you are ready to emerge, consider, what might your antidote to despair be? What route will you take? Our CEO Eric Liu offers these words to help us find our way and remind us how we can move forward with connection and commitment.
I sent this message to my Citizen University teammates yesterday before the polls closed and I wanted to share it today: "Team, I’m on a plane back from Minneapolis, where I spent the last 24 hours giving talks, teaching students, meeting parents. It was very illuminating, a reminder of what we know because of the people we serve and train: everyone is complicated, everyone is a surprise, and everyone just wants to feel dignity and significance. "What I said to the folks here I want to share with you. Be not afraid. This sacred day and these remaining minutes/hours of not knowing are a time to appreciate the miracle of how a people decide. But it’s also a liminal moment to remember how much bigger our power is than the mere ballot. Presidents can make things worse — in a hurry. But it remains the case that only we can make things better — slowly. "Whatever happens tonight or once the outcome is known, we get to/have to awaken more people to their ability to make a society where we can all live together and thrive together. The spiritual crisis and the learned helplessness that we address in our work will persist after the election, after January 6 2025, after the first hundred days etc. "We are playing the long game, someone might say. I’d say we are playing the deep game. I appreciate all of you." What was true yesterday is still true today. The brokenness, pain, and grief that suffused American life yesterday are all still with us today. In red and blue precincts alike, the election did not change that. A presidential election is a very blunt instrument for pain relief. What we as citizens can offer each other now are more fine-grained ways to address the pain — and now, for many millions, the fear of what is to come. We have the responsibility to do what a presidential election cannot: to make each other seen and heard more than once every four years. This work happens from the inside out, the bottom up, the local outward. It begins with not quitting — on each other, or on the possibility of liberty and justice for all. I am reading the magisterial biography of John Lewis by my friend David Greenberg and am reminded of Lewis's mantra: "Do not get lost in a sea of despair." Through the most challenging times he coupled that inner commitment with an outward one: to keep practicing power, to keep fighting for justice, to keep building community, to keep expanding the circle of people who want to build. Ballots were cast and counted. But we still get to choose, each day, whether to live like a citizen.
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"I pledge to be an active American; to show up for others, to govern myself, to help govern my community." Take a minute to sit with these words. They come from our Sworn-Again America Oath: an invitation to recommit to helping our American experiment evolve and grow. Wherever the next four years take us, one thing's for sure: our communities and country won't work if we sit on the sidelines. Renew your civic vows and recommit to living like a citizen.?
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“... I hope to enter the Youth Collaboratory as a passionate and determined young woman and exit with the same characteristics, but also a deeper understanding of what it means to be civically engaged so that I can apply it in my own life.” — Heba Elkouraichi, Youth Collaboratory 2024 Summer Cohort Do you know a young person in your community who is eager to bring people together, serve their community, or spread ideas about citizenship? If so, we have BIG news ?? . Our team has extended the application deadline for our Youth Collaboratory program! This six-month program is for rising civic catalysts who want to find their people and make their voice more powerful. Share this opportunity with the next generation of changemakers and encourage them to apply by the extended deadline this Friday, Nov. 8th at 11:59 pm PT: https://lnkd.in/eXgYF3Zm
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In this time of immense anxiety and uncertainty, we wanted to share some civic gratitude. Gratitude is an anchor, a reset, and a reminder that we're not alone. Thank you to those who are striving to find commonality through conversation, who choose to rehumanize rather than tear down. Those who are helping family members stay in relationship across chasms of difference. We see you putting in that labor of (civic) love. And to groups like Braver Angels and Living Room Conversations that are helping these relationships grow, and to New Pluralists for powering a future of belonging. Thank you to the young people who bringing energy and passion and resistance and courage in shaping their future — our shared future. And to the elders who blend wisdom with curiosity. To the generations upon generations who have fought for life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness — and those who are thinking seven generations ahead. To CoGenerate and Made By Us and all of the educators in our network for ensuring youth are driving where we go from here. Thank you to those that are committed to service. Those that show up for your neighborhood block, that volunteer selflessly, that find your calling in national service. Thank you to poll workers, giving their time to ensure the integrity of this election. Thank you to people who are giving us permission and encouragement to think about the future with joy and imagination, even in the darkest moments. People like Lisa Kay Solomon and the Future's Happening project. The artists and dreamers that help us see what could be. Those that bring strangers together in shared song to raise our hearts and voices together, like at Civic Saturday gatherings. To those reminding us that hope is a purposeful, powerful choice. Thank you to every individual, in cities big and small, who are committing to citizenship every day. To those who see our democracy as a garden and yourselves as its stewards. ?? Share your gratitude below — tag someone who gives you energy and courage and hope. In the days and weeks and years ahead, may this list of gratitude only grow.
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Through repeated gatherings, acts of mutuality and reciprocity create a compounding effect of trust and collaboration ?? That's why we developed and tested the Civic Collaboratory model — a model of localized network building that is distinctively intergenerational and has the power to transform communities. Last week, high school students of the Youth Collaboratory 2024 Summer cohort and members of the National Civic Collaboratory gathered in Washington, D.C., to cross divides, learn, and build together. Through the Rotating Credit Club presentations, National Civic Collaboratory members shared major initiatives and challenges they're working on. These projects range from cross-partisan initiatives to civic education efforts to artistic endeavors. Raising their hands to make specific and firm commitments of support, attending members developed bonds of affection and built a sense of collective power. ?? Mi'Jan Celie Tho-Biaz, Ed.D., The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Citizen Artist, is launching Ripe Liminality — a three-pronged storytelling approach to inspiring future changemakers. ?? Brian Baird is helping pioneer the 250 & Beyond national initiative to honor service in all its forms, powered by the Independent Sector and National Museum and Center for Service. ?? Sam Ball of Citizen Film is launching American Creed — a PBS series presenting the stories of idealistic young leaders tackling challenges in their communities and our republic. Stay tuned to learn more about their impactful projects! Special thanks to National Civic Collaboratory member Kale McMonagle for facilitating such a powerful gathering, and Accenture and Children's Defense Fund (Washington, D.C.) for hosting us. Learn more about our Civic Collaboratory model: https://lnkd.in/e3N4a8an #CitizenU #MutualAid #StrongCommunities
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Instead of wringing your hands before the election, put your hands (and heart and mind) to use. Check out this 7-Day Campaign for Connection, put on by The Greater Good Science Center. It starts Monday, Oct 28 and offers science-based skills to help you bridge differences and build empathy. Sign up now: https://lnkd.in/eihbWq6t #2024campaignforconnection
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?? Calling all civic-minded leaders... this inspiring and practical webinar on October 28 will help you look ahead to what comes after this election. Civic culture shapes how we treat one another, how we show up to solve common problems, and whether we are able to disagree without hating one another. ?? But how do we, the people, shape civic culture? Join Eric Liu and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences American Academy of Arts and Sciences for a deep dive into the success stories and urgent need of fortifying our shared American culture. ??? Monday, October 28 at 10am PT / 1pm ET https://lnkd.in/g2kth_r6
How to Fortify Civic Culture in America
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