Tag: civic engagement
Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Elective Classification webinar
Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Elective Classification webinar Wednesday, February 20 @ 11am PST / 12pm MST / 1pm CST / 2pm EST The Carnegie Foundation announced the availability of the 2015 Community Engagement Classification application last week. In an effort to help all of our colleges have the best chance of putting together a successful [...]
Read More...CIRCLE and the National Study on Learning, Voting, and Engagement
With the election is over, we’re looking ahead. The Democracy Commitment with the American Democracy are already discussing how we’re going to support student political knowledge and engagement. We’re excited to share with campuses a new project that offers colleges and universities the chance to measure student registration and voting rates and to study the [...]
Read More...The Education Department Wants to Hear From You!
For the original posting by the Department of Education blog, please click here. . . . . . . The Education Department Wants to Hear From You! Posted on October 1, 2012 by Guest Blogger (for the Department of Education) BACKGROUND: At a White House event this past January, the Obama Administration released its Road [...]
Read More...Call for Proposals: TDC/ADP 2013 National Meeting in Denver
By Amee Bearne, TDC National Coordinator, and Jen Domagal-Goldman, ADP National Manager The Democracy Commitment and American Democracy Project Joint National Meeting: “21st Century Citizens: Building Bridges, Solving Problems” Thursday, June 6, 2013 to Saturday, June 8, 2013 Marriott City Center • Denver, Colorado Please join us in Denver, Colorado for The Democracy Commitment’s (TDC) [...]
Read More...Michigan Student Convention at Henry Ford Community College
On Friday, October 12th, community college students from all over Michigan gathered at Henry Ford Community College, a TDC member institution, to participate in the 9th annual Michigan Student Convention 2012, sponsored by HFCC and the League of Women Voters. The day started at 8:30am with some students being assigned to caucus rooms to lead [...]
Read More...TDC National Coordinator, Amee Bearne, in AAC&U “Diversity & Democracy” periodical
Toolbox of a Citizen By Amee Bearne, National Coordinator for The Democracy Commitment I remember thinking when I was seven, “The president of the United States was seven once. If he can be president, so can I.” Lofty notions for a girl growing up in poor, rural Washington State with little access to the world [...]
Read More...Ami Dar, Founder of Idealist.org to give Opening Keynote at #TDC12
Ami Dar is the founder and executive director of Idealist.org. Ami was born in Jerusalem, grew up in Peru and in Mexico, and lives in New York. The 2012 ADP/TDC national meeting, “Civic Engagement 2.0: Re-Imagining, Strengthening and Deepening Our Civic Work will open with a plenary session featuring Ami Dar. In a talk entitled “Closing [...]
Read More...Your Vote Counts!: Mount Wachusett Student Voter Registration Drive
TDC member Mount Wachusett Community College of Gardner, Massachusetts is making sure their students know that every vote counts! Below are three of the First Year Experience (FYE) students whose self-designed service learning project was to hold a voter registration drive. The whole class researched the Global Challenges (formally known as “7 Revs”) through The [...]
Read More...Allegany College of Maryland and “Care for Congo”
On Wednesday, April 11 The Democracy Commitment at Allegany College of Maryland in Cumberland, Maryland held a day-long community event featuring film, music and dance. (Pictures!) The event was comprised of a showing of the award winning documentary “The Greatest Silence”, Guest Speaker Christian from “Friends of Congo” out of D.C., Congolese dancers (ACM students) and [...]
Read More...The Democracy Commitment: “How We Choose Our President - The Inside Story”
Santa Fe College professors Alan Beck and Donna Waller leads a discussion about “How We Choose Our President - The Inside Story” March 28, 2012
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