https://vimeo.com/431941007 In the era of COVID-19, we launched Civic Spirit @HOME—a virtual month-long “Civic Spirit Day.” Our program comprised of 3 sessions and over 100 students joined over the course of the three days. Session 1: Community Building & Census 101 Students from 10 different Jewish and Catholic schools in New York, New Jersey, and …
We are excited to announce the winners of our first ever Media Literacy Challenge in partnership with The Flip Side! Students Aaliyah Sharpe and Lexi Martin from Elizabethtown Area High School, PA submitted a fantastic newsletter that received the highest score based on our challenge rubric. Together, they explored multiple perspectives in tackling a critical civic question that …
⭐️Good News Update!⭐️ Despite the current challenges, the Civic Spirit Student Delegates have maintained their civic participation projects inspired by the Census! Each group has identified issues at their school and are rolling out surveys ONLINE to gather opinion data. On Sunday, March 29th, we met to discuss research design and offer support and advice …
The Media Literacy Challenge is a digital project that is ideal for distance learning during this time.***Submissions are due Friday 10th by 5pm EST.***ANNOUNCING NEW PRIZES: Top prize: $100 Amazon card or cool pair of headphones 2nd prize: Bluetooth speaker 3rd prize: Swell water bottle And fun gifts for all students who participate! Can you trust …
On Thursday, November 14th, we will host a rare, yet timely and important event. Educators from Orthodox Jewish and Catholic schools will come together for a Day of Learning to study the historic, civic, ethical, and religious implications of census gathering in the context of the U.S. Census 2020. Read the event agenda HERE.
Let me stop you right there because I know what you might be thinking: “How dare you love America today? It’s so racist and homophobic and clearly set up for the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer!” And let me make myself clear from the very beginning: I do not condone …
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For the past year, inspired by the U.S. Census and its historic and current function in a representative democracy, the remarkable members of the Civic Spirit Student Delegates Program have trained, brainstormed, designed, implemented, and analyzed their own projects focused on civic participation and belonging in their school communities. They have overcome challenges while migrating to …
On Friday August 16th, in follow up to Civic Spirit Day, a select group of Civic Spirit Student Delegates confidently presented their ideas for youth engagement to the NYC Service team, an Office of the Mayor. The presentation was based on 5 weeks of substantive research, brainstorming, team building, collaboration, and careful preparation by the students, during summer …
At the 2019 Summer Institute, we closed our first day together sharing a question we are holding about 21st century civic education. Here is our list of 20 questions. What are yours? How do we teach for tension? How do we teach empowerment AND reverence and humility? What are ways US systems have erred and …