{"id":17447,"date":"2016-09-27T11:41:18","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=17447"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T15:41:18","slug":"help-shape-the-strategy-for-civic-renewal-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peterlevine.ws\/?p=17447","title":{"rendered":"help shape the strategy for civic renewal in America"},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a02016 Annual Conference on Citizenship<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0co-hosted and co-planned by my colleagues and me at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life at Tufts University\u00a0and will specifically focus on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion in civic life. Unless we make progress on these issues, we cannot move our country forward.<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s conference will be interactive; the whole group will think together about what civic life in America would look like if it strove for equity, diversity, and inclusion.<\/p>\n

Participants will help shape the\u00a0agenda for civic renewal<\/a>\u00a0in America and will leave with contacts and practical ideas to strengthen their own work.<\/p>\n

During the day, we will work together to revise and improve our collective understanding of civic life. The map below will be a starting place.<\/p>\n

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On the left are factors that may affect civic life, for better or worse. In the middle is \u201cCivic Health\u201d as it has been measured by the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) and its partners over the past decade. Civic Health has four major components that radiate out from the center. On the right are valuable outcomes of having a healthy civic life, such as resilient communities and good schools.<\/p>\n

The arrows show connections uncovered by NCoC, Tisch College, and others. For example, we know that k-12 civic education can boost political involvement, that communities with more political engagement have better schools, and that good schools boost educational attainment, so all of those boxes are connected with arrows.<\/p>\n

This is just a start, and during the day, we will ask participants\u00a0to add, edit, or move boxes and arrows to help build a better diagram. We will also ask you to place yourself on the map.<\/p>\n

There will be opportunities to hear from inspiring and well informed speakers. Click here to view the agenda at-a-glance.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Please join us for this important convening\u00a0and invite other colleagues whose voices need to be heard.\u00a0Register today<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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