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JOIN THE CIVIC CIRLE on April 27 at CREATE Arts Center for a FREE drop-in activity to celebrate voting through the arts! Kids are invited to create an “I Voted” sticker and/or bling to wear and take home. Youth and Parents are invited to discover the poetry of voting, and write their own poem, blended poem or reflection on what voting means to them. Here are the details: Date: Saturday, April 27, 2024 Time: 11

CIVIC LEARNING WEEK launched March 11 and continues through March 15, and The Civic Circle is honored to participate in the Maryland Civic Education Coalition’s free, virtual panel for pK-12 educators today (March 13) at 7 p.m. Titled “Community Roots: Embracing Civic Learning with Community Partners,” the panel will spotlight fresh tools and approaches to civic learning in a lively discussion format. In addition to The Civic Circle, participating coalition members will include the Council

BLACK HISTORY MONTH gave Civic Circle students an opportunity to explore voting and voting rights through activities and art. Students created a voting rights timeline, which included the passage of the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act. They illustrated their timeline with hand-drawn posters, created “I Voted” stickers, and wrote voting rights raps. They also wrote their own poems and songs about voting with teaching artists Malachi Byrd and Damon Modarres, and created movement to accompany

Join Us in Comedy for a Cause! Gaithersburg’s “Community Comedy Club” features comic Davin Rosenblatt on Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 at Give a Hoot to help raise funds for The Civic Circle, which teaches students seven “steps to democracy” through music and the arts. A bonus night of comedy at Give a Hoot, the Good Karma Comedy Festival, will also benefit The Civic Circle on Thursday, February 29. You have THREE CHANCES

HELPING OTHERS is the fourth “step to democracy” in Civic Circle workshops, a civic skill we call: Join! In January, our students learned about the legacy of Martin Luther King, and his maxim that “Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve.” Students learned about service-learning in Maryland, and did a volunteer activity coordinated by the nonprofit group Kits to Heart, which gives curated “care kits” to cancer patients and their loved ones. Students reflected on what it would be like to