THE CIVIC CIRCLE EXTENDS GRATITUDE to the generous funders who have recently stepped forward to support our ongoing expansion in 2024. We are thrilled to be among 95 nonprofits awarded $10,000 apiece for operating funding through the Maryland Humanities Marilyn Hatza Memorial SHINE Grant Program. SHINE (Strengthening the Humanities Investment in Nonprofits for Equity) is the perfect acronym for this program, which helps us all shine a light in the darkness through the humanities. WE ALSO THANK THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES COUNCIL of Montgomery County for its recent…
OUR “CIVIC SPARK” CELEBRATION featured many highlights, including inspiring comments from a robust array of community and civic leaders. Michele Waxman Johnson shared her plans to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary throughout Maryland as head of the Maryland 250 Commission. (We all got to practice saying “Semiquincentennial!”) Michele Waxman Johnson Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich spoke of his own years as a teacher, and of the importance of starting lessons in civility and respect at a young age.…
Thank you to all those who have worked so hard to make this special gathering come together! If you would like to purchase tickets, it’s not too late! Just click HERE. Hope to see you there!
THE BRIGHTEST SPARK in The Civic Circle’s Season of giving is right around the corner, and now is the time to register for or sponsor our December 17 celebration “The Civic Spark: Lighting the Future.” Sponsors at all levels enjoy free attendance at the event, and receive opportunities for social media shout-outs, program listings and logo displays, all while helping to inspire democracy through the arts and build youth civic power. You can help underwrite our AmeriCorps team member, sponsor an assembly show,…
Kudos to the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), National Civic League and Kettering Foundation for yesterday’s sold-out Annual Conference on Citizenship, which brought civic innovators, scholars, educators and advocates together to brainstorm democracy solutions and “The Future of Citizenship.” Planet Word Museum was the perfect gathering place, and the energy was palpable at the first in-person citizenship conference in four years. The Kettering Foundation’s Valerie Lemmie The Civic Circle’s Eliza Newlin Carney