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HARD AS IT MAY SEEM TO FEEL JOYFUL and celebratory in the closing weeks of 2023, The Civic Circle derives inspiration from the youth who always manage to teach us more than we teach them. Whether it’s the Israeli and Palestinian teens who train in the same pool because “it is so normal to be together,” or the New Jersey high school students calming conversations through youth town meetings, young people are proving that peace…
Big thanks to Citizen University for inviting all of its program graduates to Seattle for an extraordinary “Homecoming” weekend. And thanks to CU Founder Eric Liu for being an inspiring civic visionary and leader. The Civic Circle’s Eliza Newlin Carney got to reunite with Joel Domingo and Samuel Tsoi, fellow members of CU’s “Civic Six” cohort of Fellows. Citizen University Founder Eric Liu Civic Circle Founder and President Eliza Newlin Carney, with fellow Citizen University…
Please join The Civic Circle on Sunday, Dec. 17 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. for “The Civic Spark: Lighting the Future.” We’ll have civic songs with wonderful children’s entertainer Nick Newlin, delicious food and drink, and creative activities, and we’ll hear from Maryland 250 Commission Director MICHELE WAXMAN JOHNSON. A member of Governor Wes Moore’s administration, she is leading the state’s upcoming celebration of our nation’s 250th anniversary. We extend big gratitude to our…
FINDING HOPE AND LIGHT can feel elusive in dark times, but at The Civic Circle, our students tend to show the way. Young as they are, the students in our workshops (Grades 3-5) know there is war in the Middle East. As they explored the first “step to democracy” in the Civic Circle program this fall—respect and peaceful conflict resolution (Listen!)—students wrote a song called “Dandelion Seeds” with visiting teaching artist Nick Newlin about their…