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Updates and Resources for Civic Learning Week

stevemasy — Fri, 08 Mar 2024 16:36:11 +0000

Good afternoon friends. Next week is Civic Learning Week, and we wanted to take a few minutes and share with …

“Nothing about politics”: The political scope in rural participatory governance, a case-study in the Basque Country, Spain.

Keiva Hummel — Wed, 16 May 2018 13:00:49 +0000

The 29-page article, “Nothing about politics”: The political scope in rural participatory governance, a case-study in the Basque Country, Spain. (2017), was written by Patricia García-Espín, and published in the Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 13: Iss. 2. From the abstract, “Participatory mechanisms are understood as settings for citizens’ political engagement. However, participants frequently depict these institutions as nonpolitical. In this paper, the political scope of participatory institutions is examined through a case-study of town meetings (concejos abiertos) in the Basque Country (Spain)”. Read an excerpt from the article […] Continue reading →

Meeting the Challenges of a World Divided: Engaging Whole Bodies Politic (Connections 2016)

Keiva Hummel — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 13:00:23 +0000

The six-page article, “Meeting the Challenges of a World Divided: Engaging Whole Bodies Politic” by Harold H. Saunders was published in Kettering Foundation‘s 2016 edition of their annual newsletter, Connections – Kettering’s Multinational Research. For this tenth article of the newsletter, Kettering drew from Saunders book, Politics is about Relationships: A Worldview for the Citizens’ Century, on the five challenges to citizens for more effectively participating in our global political world. Below is an excerpt from the article and Connections 2016 is available for free PDF download on Kettering’s site here. From the […] Continue reading →

What’s Next, Alabama?

NCDD Community — Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:00:34 +0000

What’s Next, Alabama? is an issue guide created by the David Mathews Center for Civic Life in 2017 for Alabama Issues Forums 2017 – 2020. The issue guide provides a brief overview of economic issues facing Alabama and outlines three approaches in addressing economic infrastructure over the course of three forums. The David Mathews Center—a non-profit, non-partisan, non-advocacy organization—does not advocate a particular approach or solution to economic issues, but rather seeks to provide a framework for citizens to carefully examine multiple approaches, weigh costs […] Continue reading →

Graduate Certificate in Collaborative Governance

NCDD Community — Thu, 18 May 2017 13:30:19 +0000

The Collaborative Governance Graduate certificate is available at Portland State University and is part of the Mark O. Hatfield School of Government. In response to a growing need for collaborative approaches to complex problems that span multiple jurisdictional, sectoral, and organizational boundaries, the Hatfield School of Government, the Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning, the National Policy Consensus Center (NPCC), and the Center for Public Service (CPS) have partnered to offer a set of courses that lead to a Graduate Certificate in Collaborative Governance. […] Continue reading →

21st Century Civic Infrastructure: Under Construction

Keiva Hummel — Thu, 04 May 2017 13:30:21 +0000

The 28-page paper, 21st Century Civic Infrastructure: Under Construction, written by Jill Blair and Malka Kopell was commissioned by The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions and published in spring 2015. The paper offers 3 keystones for building an effective and more equitable civic infrastructure: engaging all sectors; enlisting all voices; and creating vertical and horizontal thoroughfares for the exchange of information and practice. Below is an excerpt of the paper, which can be found in full on The Aspen Institute’s FCS’s site here. From the introduction… […] Continue reading →

The Civic Engagement Primer (PACE)

Keiva Hummel — Tue, 02 May 2017 13:00:06 +0000

The resource, The Civic Engagement Primer, from Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) was released April 2017. It was designed to help philanthropies explore fostering civic engagement interests and increase their understanding of the civic engagement field. You can view the primer’s write up from PACE below and check out the primer on PACE’s site here. From the site… A new conversation about civic engagement is emerging. At PACE–a network of funders and foundations committed to civic engagement and democracy–we’ve seen the swell in interest and […] Continue reading →

Practicing Civic Courage in Our Time

Keiva Hummel — Mon, 20 Mar 2017 13:30:19 +0000

The article, Practicing Civic Courage in Our Time, was written Martha McCoy and published February 2017 on Everyday Democracy’s site. In the article, McCoy shares different ways in which to have more civic courage by reaching in, reaching out, and creating spaces for democratic participation. You can find the full article below, as well as, on directly from Everyday Democracy’s site here. From Everyday Democracy… The day after the election, we shared a piece by our board member Peter Levine, in which he called for civic courage. […] Continue reading →

Civics, Gaming, and the Commons

Joshua Miller — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:05:46 +0000

This past weekend, we inaugurated a new competition soliciting “civic games.” Hopefully it will become an annual contest, but for now the most vexing question coming from game designers is: “What makes a game civic?” Our definition of civics offers little help: we argue that civics is an expansive conception of politics, understood as a response … Continue reading Civics, Gaming, and the Commons Continue reading →

Can Public Life Be Regenerated?

Keiva Hummel — Fri, 27 Jan 2017 16:37:21 +0000

The 32-page report, Can Public Life Be Regenerated? (2016), was written by David Mathews and supported by the Cousins Research Group of the Kettering Foundation. This report is based on a presentations Mathews gave the the Independent Sector conference on issues of community, civil society, and governance. In this report, Mathews explores the possibilities to “reweave the social fabric” within society, to improve its social capital and revitalize its sense of community, and create a healthier civil society. Below is an excerpt of the report and it […] Continue reading →