Initiatives and Projects
TDC Members have exclusive opportunities to participate in national initiatives creating an interconnected web of students, campuses, and communities committed to democracy. To this end, TDC presents a series of Special Initiatives designed to promote national projects that will allow students to become deeply involved in substantive citizenship issues.
This effort, a blend of national and campus-centered activities, entails a series of initiatives and projects that are supported by groups of campuses and national partners creating materials and ideas for community colleges to use in promoting civic learning and democracy engagement among campuses. Each initiative deals with critical national dialogues and issues such as political engagement, inequality, deliberative democracy, community conversations, civic agency, and civic curriculum development.
Call for Participation:
Sign Up your College for the 2017-2018 Initiatives and Projects
Current INITIATIVES and PRojects
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
CIVIC LEARNING
- CIVIC LEADERSHIP ACADEMY- COMING FALL 2017!
- CIVIC OUTCOMES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDY
- COMMUNITY LEARNING PARTNERSHIPS INITIATIVE- COMING FALL 2017!
POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT
- ENGAGE THE ELECTION
- WALK 2 VOTE CHALLENGE- COMING FALL 2017!
- POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT PROJECT- COMING FALL 2017!
PUBLIC DELIBERATION
- DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE
- DELIBERATIVE DIALOGUE MODERATOR TRAINING
HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR INITIATIVES AND PROJECTS
Citizenship Under Siege
“We need the humanities, now more than ever, because they give us access to the most fundamental and consequential dimensions and forces of our experience.” –The Common Good: Humanities and the Public Square, William D. Adams, NEH Chairman
Civic Outcomes of Community College Study
In partnership with the Center for the Study of Community Colleges, TDC is proud to present the Civic Outcomes of Community Colleges Study. Deliberative Democracy Initiative
AMERICA’S COMMUNITY COLLEGES DEEPENING THE DELIBERATIVE PRACTICE Economic Inequality Initiative
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY IN OUR DEMOCRACY: AN ADP/TDC JOINT INITIATIVE Engage the Election
Electoral education and engagement is essential to our democracy, and student electoral engagement on our member campuses is a priority.