Fall highlights included a career club visit from Montgomery County Councilmember Will Jawando. PUBLIC SERVICE, PEACE, AND CIVIC POWER are propelling Civic Circle workshops this fall, which have reached more than 150 students in Grades 2-12 in nine different classrooms. A highlight has been our “Jobs for Change” career club with Community CHEER for middle and high school students, who have learned how they can earn a living by making the world a better place. Students have heard…
BIG THANKS TO THE MANY sponsors, friends and good citizens who made our seventh anniversary “Art of Democracy” celebration such a heartwarming success. We had a surprise visit from Congressman Jamie Raskin, a civic educator in his own right, who told us that the same week his book “We the Students” was censored in Texas, “Vladimir Putin banned me for life from ever going to Russia. So I got banned in Texas and Russia the same week.”…
THE MAGICAL NUMBER SEVEN crops up a lot in myth, culture and daily life, in theory because it’s the maximum number of objects the average person can easily remember. There are seven wonders of the world, seven deadly sins, seven dwarves who befriend Snow White, seven notes in a scale, seven days in a week—the list goes on. There are also seven “steps to democracy” at the heart of the Civic Circle’s program—bridging divides (Listen!), news…
EXCITEMENT IS BUILDING for The Civic Circle’s “Art of Democracy” seventh anniversary celebration on Thursday, October 23 from 6-8 p.m in downtown Silver Spring. Join us for an evening of song, solidarity and creative connection, with uplifting remarks by Civic Nation CEO Kyle Lierman that will bring hope and insight in challenging times. We’re also honored to be giving our “Art of Service” award to Lisa Martin, who’s greatly enriched our cultural and civic lives as executive director of the Silver Spring Town Center. We’ll get…
RECENT EVENTS ONCE AGAIN have reminded us why the first “step to democracy” in The Civic Circle’s program is “Listen,” by which we mean be civil, respect others, build bridges, and resolve conflicts peacefully. Sometimes students think “Listen” means simply stop talking and pay attention, but they soon learn that it goes much deeper than that. The concept that civility is essential to democracy goes all the way back to our founding. The very idea that…