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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

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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