News & Events

MANY CIVIC CIRCLE STUDENTS entered our fall workshops worried about immigration issues, but they left more joyful, more hopeful, and more informed. A very high percentage of the students we serve are from immigrant and refugee families, so it’s not surprising that they should cite immigration worries when we ask them about their civic and community concerns. We responded by introducing a new lesson plan about students’ rights that included age-appropriate information about the constitutional and

ON THIS GLOBAL DAY OF GIVING, you can make the world a better place by building the next generation of compassionate, informed, engaged citizens. Whether you give $5, $50 or $500, your contribution to our “Freedom Grows Here” campaign helps lift youth voices through the arts, and empowers students with real-world civic skills like voting, news literacy and public service! THERE ARE MANY WAYS to join our GivingTuesday campaign: Click HERE or on the DONATE button below Text the code “GIVESONG” to 44-321 via cell

IT’S BEEN A CHALLENGING YEAR for Americans who believe in democracy, tolerance, truth, justice and compassion. But when democracy is tested, it’s an opportunity to reaffirm the values that unite us as Americans. At The Civic Circle, we return again and again to the seven “steps to democracy” at the heart of our program: peace and bridge-building (Listen!), truth and facts (Learn!), voting (Choose!), helping others (Join!), and making the world a better place (Speak, Act

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.”