Civic Engagement Resources
Access a listing of civic engagement organizations, civic engagement centers at other universities and noted civic engagement
leaders.
Civic Engagement Organizations
access2democracy
http://www.access2democracy.org
The access2democracy non-profit NGO was established in Athens and New York by a
group of prominent, like-minded world citizens aiming to become a leading
international civil society organization in the field of e-democracy.
Campus Compact
http://www.compact.org
Campus Compact is a national coalition of more than 950 college and university presidents, including Park University President Beverley Byers-Pevitts, who are committed to fulfilling the civic purposes of higher education. As the only national higher education association dedicated solely to campus-based civic engagement, Campus Compact promotes public and community service that develops students' citizenship skills, helps campuses forge effective community partnerships, and provides resources and training for faculty seeking to integrate civic and community-based learning into the curriculum.
Center for Civic Education
http://www.civiced.org
The mission of the Center for Civic Education is to promote an enlightened
and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively
engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries.
Character Education and Civic Engagement Technical Assistance Center (CETAC)
http://www.cetac.org
CETAC Online provides State program administrators, local educators, and the
public with information on character education and civic engagement, as well as
strategies that support academic goals and other reform efforts.
Civic Ventures
http://www.civicventures.org
Civic Ventures is a think tank and incubator, generating ideas and inventing
programs to help society achieve the greatest return on experience. Civic
Ventures focuses on the vanguard of a new movement made up of a growing number
of Americans who are redefining the second half of life.
CIVICUS
http://www.civicus.org
CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation is an international
alliance of more than 1,000 members from 105 countries that has worked for over a
decade to strengthen citizen action and civil society throughout the world.
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health
http://www.ccph.info
Community-Campus Partnerships for Health (CCPH) is a nonprofit organization that
promotes health through partnerships between communities and higher educational
institutions. CCPH has members throughout the United States and increasingly the
world who are collaborating to promote health through service-learning,
community-based participatory research, broad-based coalitions and other
partnership strategies. These partnerships are powerful tools for improving
health professional education, civic engagement and the overall health of
communities.
Corporation for National and Community Service
http://www.nationalservice.org
The Corporation for National and Community Service engages Americans of all ages
and backgrounds in service to help strengthen communities.
Democracies Online Newswire (DoWire)
http://www.dowire.org
Launched in January 1998, DoWire connects more than 2,750 experts, practitioners, journalists, and citizens across 80 countries. Each week, well known e-democracy expert and speaker Steven Clift forwards, with occasional analysis, no more than seven carefully selected messages. Posts include news, article, and report web links, event and conference announcements, calls for papers, and often uncover important "primary source" online resources, projects, and initiatives of significance.
Effective Community Governance
http://www.resultsthatmatter.net
"Effective community governance" refers to a set of ideas to help people and
organizations become more effective at improving communities. When community
leaders, public and nonprofit managers, and citizens use these ideas to their
fullest, they will not only achieve one-time improvement, they will also foster
a continual cycle of community renewal and improvement. Browse the Effective
Community Governance web site to learn about the ideas, the model, and how your
community or organization can use them.
Local INvestment Commission
http://www.kclinc.org
The Local INvestment Commission is a citizen-driven community collaborative
involving efforts by the state of Missouri to work with neighborhood leaders,
citizens, business, civic and labor leaders to improve the lives of children and
families in Kansas City and Jackson County.
National Civic League
http://www.ncl.org
The National Civic League (NCL) is America's original advocate for community
democracy. It is a non-profit, non-partisan, membership organization dedicated
to strengthening citizen democracy by transforming democratic institutions. NCL
fosters innovative community building and political reform, assists local
governments, and recognizes collaborative community achievement. NCL
accomplishes its mission through technical assistance, training, publishing,
research, and the All-America City Awards, America's original and most
prestigious community recognition program.
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
http://www.thataway.org
The mission of the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) is to
bring together and support people, organizations, and resources in ways that
expand the power of discussion to benefit society. With hundreds of pages
of resources, their web site serves as a hub for practitioners, activists and
scholars of these transformational communication processes.
National Conference on Citizenship
http://www.ncoc.net
The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is a federally chartered
corporation whose mission is to encourage a more active, engaged citizenry.
Founded in 1946 to sustain the spirit of cooperation that bound citizens
together during World War II, the NCoC was granted a federal charter by a
unanimous act of the Congress in 1953. Federal charters are granted to
organizations conducting activities of national scope, of patriotic, charitable
or educational purpose, in a nonpartisan manner, and of unique character.
Patriotic and national organizations with similar federal charters include the
American Legion, Big Brothers-Big Sisters of America, Girl Scouts of America,
Gold Star Wives of America, and the U.S. Olympic Committee.
National Issues Forums
http://www.nifi.org
National Issues Forums (NIF) is a nonpartisan, nationwide network of locally
sponsored public forums for the consideration of public policy issues. It is
rooted in the simple notion that people need to come together to reason and talk
— to deliberate about common problems. Indeed, democracy requires an ongoing
deliberative public dialogue. These forums, organized by a variety of
organizations, groups, and individuals, offer citizens the opportunity to join
together to deliberate, to make choices with others about ways to approach
difficult issues and to work toward creating reasoned public judgment. Forums
range from small or large group gatherings similar to town hall meetings, to
study circles held in public places or in people's homes on an ongoing basis.
Pew Partnership for Civic Change
http://www.pew-partnership.org
The Pew Partnership for Civic Change is a civic research organization that provides consulting and program support to communities, governments, foundations and nonprofit agencies. The Partnership recently published New Directions in Civic Engagement: University Avenue Meets Main Street. President Suzanne Morse publishes the Smart Communities blog.
Raise Your Voice
http://www.actionforchange.org
The Raise Your Voice Campaign, an initiative of Campus Compact, has connected
more than 300,000 students across the United States on more than 450 campuses to
support student civic engagement and address public issues crucial to our
democracy.
A Small Group (Restoring and Reconciling Cincinnati)
http://www.asmallgroup.net
There are many groups in Cincinnati who want to better it one way or another
- more than 7,000, in fact. ASG hopes to open a dialogue so groups can work
together - as citizens committed to change - to make the city a better place to
live. Just opening up a discussion can change a lot for the better.
Civic Engagement Centers at Other Universities
Civic Engagement Leaders
Peter Block
http://www.peterblock.com
Peter Block is an author, consultant and citizen of Cincinnati, Ohio. His work
is about empowerment, stewardship, chosen accountability, and the reconciliation
of community. Peter is the author of several best selling books, the most widely
known being Flawless Consulting: A Guide to Getting Your Expertise Used (1st
edition 1981, 2nd edition 1999); Stewardship: Choosing Service Over
Self-Interest (1993); and The Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at
Work (1987). Peter was the recipient of the first place 2004 Members' Choice
Award by the Organization Development Network, which recognized Flawless
Consulting as the most influential book for OD practitioners over the past 40
years.
Thomas Ehrlich
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/aboutus/staff/ehrlich.htm
Thomas Ehrlich is a senior scholar at the Carnegie Foundation where he
co-directs the Political Engagement Project and the Foundations and Education
Project. He also assists the Preparation for the Professions Program.
Previously, he was co-director of the Foundation's study of Higher Education and
the Development of Moral and Civic Responsibility. He is author or editor
of 10 books, including Higher Education and Civic Responsibility (2000).
Ehrlich was one of the authors of the Carnegie/Jossey Bass book, Educating
Citizens: Preparing America’s Undergraduates for Lives of Moral and Civic
Responsibility (2003). He graduated from Harvard and Harvard Law School and
holds five honorary degrees.
Peter Levine
http://www.peterlevine.ws
Director
Center for Information and
Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
Peter Levine is Director of CIRCLE (the Center for Information and Research on
Civic Learning and Engagement) and a research scholar at the Institute for
Philosophy & Public Policy, which are both housed in the University of
Maryland's School of Public Policy.
John L. McKnight
http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/people/mcknight.html
Professor of Education and Social Policy
Co-Director, Asset-Based Community Development Institute
Northwestern University
For nearly three decades, John McKnight has conducted research on social service
delivery systems, health policy, community organizations, neighborhood policy,
and institutional racism. He currently directs research projects focused on
asset-based neighborhood development and methods of community building by
incorporating marginalized people.
Suzanne Morse
http://www.pew-partnership.org/
President
Pew Partnership for Civic Change
Dr. Suzanne Morse has directed the Pew Partnership for Civic Change since its
establishment in 1992. During that time she has overseen the
organization's research and programmatic work in the areas of civic leadership
and community development. Building on the Pew Partnership's extensive
research on civic change Dr. Morse argues for a "smart" approach to community
change in her recent book Smart Communities: How Citizens and Local Leaders
Can Use Strategic Thinking to Build a Brighter Future.
Robert Putnam
http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/robert_putnam
Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy
Saguaro Seminar: Civic
Engagement in America
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Robert D. Putnam is Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy. He
teaches both graduate courses at the Kennedy School and undergraduate courses at
the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the National Academy of
Sciences, a Fellow of the British Academy, and past president of the American
Political Science Association. Raised in a small town in the Midwest and educated
at Swarthmore, Oxford, and Yale, he has served as Dean of the Kennedy School of
Government. He has written a dozen books, translated into 17 languages,
including the best-selling Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American
Community and more recently Better Together: Restoring the American Community,
a study of promising new forms of social connectedness. He founded the Saguaro
Seminar, bringing together leading thinkers and practitioners to develop
actionable ideas for civic renewal. He is now studying the challenges of
building community in an increasingly diverse society.
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