News & Events

The Civic Circle launched its fall after-school workshops in September with classroom concerts by the wonderful Nick Newlin and Munit Mesfin. After more than a year on Zoom, there’s nothing like hearing students’ voices singing along, and watching their hands shoot up when we meet face to face. Take seven steps to democracy!

The Civic Circle is thrilled to welcome Trevor Schmutz as our first full-time team member. Trevor is a graduate student in public policy at George Washington University, and joins us as an AmeriCorps VISTA team member thanks to the sponsorship of Campus Compact Mid-Atlantic. Trevor has experience in fundraising, event planning, and community arts, among other areas, and will be assisting The Civic Circle with capacity building as a Program Development Specialist. He got off

Munit Mesfin The Civic Circle is excited to be joining the D.C. Public Library’s Civic Engagement Summer School with a special presentation by Teaching Artist and award-winning singer-songwriter Munit Mesfin. Munit will lead a collective songwriting workshop with youth and adults of all ages, with a special focus on songs of social justice and female empowerment. Participants should be able to walk away singing a song that they have written about an issue that matters

The Civic Circle was thrilled to bring a summer concert of patriotic songs to more than 80 elementary school students at the Horizons Greater Washington Summer Program on July 16th. Our “Happy Birthday, America!” concert featured a powerhouse lineup of talented children’s performers: Lea Morris invited students to take seven “steps to democracy” with The Citizen Tango, and performed our civility and news literacy songs (“Listen!” and “Whisper Down the Lane.”) Uasuf Gueye got the kids

BIG THANKS TO THE MANY SUPPORTERS who made The Civic Circle’s “Raise a Glass to Freedom” celebration such a resounding success. We had more than 50 attendees in the “Zoom” room where it happened, and far exceeded our fundraising target. If you missed the celebration but would like to watch it now, please click HERE or above! We had a fantastic team, including Co-Hosts Jeffrey Slavin and Margo Reid, producer Danny Schwartz, presenters Michael Amilcar