Core Members

HARRY C. BOYTE
Center for Democracy and Citizenship, University of Minnesota

MAYA ENISTA
Mobilize.org

ELAINE ESCHENBACHER
Center for Democracy and Citizenship, University of Minnesota

WILL FRIEDMAN
Center for Advances in Public Engagement (CAPE), Public Agenda

ARCHON FUNG
Harvard University

CHRIS GATES
PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement)

CYNTHIA GIBSON
Cynthesis Consulting

SANDY HIERBACHER National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

ELIZABETH HOLLANDER Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service, Tufts University

ALISON KADLEC
Center for Advances in Public Engagement (CAPE), Public Agenda

PETER LEVINE
CIRCLE, University of Maryland

MATT LEIGHNINGER
Deliberative Democracy Consortium

GEORGE MEHAFFY
American Democracy Project, AASCU

GLORIA RUBIO-CORTÈS
National Civic League

CARMEN SIRIANNI
Brandeis University

NAN SKELTON
Center for Democracy and Citizenship, University of Minnesota

MAX STEPHENSON, JR.
Virginia Tech Institute for Policy and Governance

DAVID B. SMITH
National Conference on Citizenship

IAN STORRAR
Common Cause

* Organizations listed for identification purpose only

Task Groups

Policy proposals for civic renewal

Communications

Stories about citizen-centered work

What you can do

Sign the petition and join our database

Host a house party

Challenge candidates

Write a letter to the editor

Contribute money to upgrade this website and organize our members (an online contribution form is coming soon)

Key Partners

American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU)

Center for Democracy and Citizenship

Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)

Mobilize.org

National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation

National Civic League

National Wildlife Federation

Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network

Take Back our Citizenship (student group)

Study Circles Resource Center

Links

Background from the Civic Practices Network:

Civic Environmentalism

Community-Building

Youth and Education

Citizen-Centered Health

Communications and Media

Religion

Families and Gender

Work