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…
THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICORPS is cause for celebration at The Civic Circle in more ways than one. We are excited to welcome Cassidy Little to our team in a new role as Program Specialist, an AmeriCorps position sponsored by Project CHANGE Montgomery. Cassidy has been doing a wonderful job teaching in our after-school workshops, and now she will help administer our programs, as well. Congratulations, Cassidy, and thank you, Project CHANGE! WE ALSO CELEBRATED…
The Civic Circle thanks the Nonprofit Leadership Institute at MC for helping sponsor our team’s participation in yesterday’s Nonprofit Conference. Highlights included the keynote by Meyer Foundation President & CEO George L. Askew, and the panel led by State Senator Cheryl Kagan, a longtime nonprofit champion. It was great hearing from many of the pros who advised our group during the The Nonprofit Village incubator program, including Lewis Flax and Orgforward’s Justin Pollock. Nonprofits make…