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The Civic Circle is excited to be sharing our democracy songs at two family-friendly events immediately before and after Election Day. Everybody is invited to join the Civic Circle Sing-A-Long being hosted by Montgomery College as part of the MC Votes “Party to the Polls” celebrations. Teaching artists Uasuf Gueye and Nick Newlin will sing Civic Circle democracy songs, kids can enjoy crafts and coloring, and we will close with a family sing-along. This virtual

The Civic Circle was extremely honored to participate in the October Family Community Sing hosted by Carpe Diem Arts and The Washington Revels. Teaching artist Uasuf Gueye shared his new hip-hop voting song, “Democracy,” and teaching artist Nick Newlin shared two other Civic Circle songs, “The Citizen Tango” and “Speak Up.” This virtual musical gathering drew an amazing 3,700, thanks in part to the star power of the evening’s dynamic emcee, Munit Mesfin, who’s on

Big thanks to teaching artist Uasuf Gueye for his hip-hop celebration of voting, “Democracy,” which is the latest addition to The Civic Circle’s repertoire of civic songs. This song is getting a lot of visibility on the eve of this historic election! Uasuf and teaching artist Nick Newlin are performing “Democracy” and other Civic Circle songs at the Family Community Sing hosted by the Washington Revels and Carpe Diem Arts, at a Montgomery College “Party

Thanks to all who attended, helped lead, or expressed an interest in The Civic Circle’s recent Civic Saturday on the topic Black Lives Matter: What Will YOU Do?  If you missed Civic Saturday, or would like to watch it again, you can view it above. We had stirring music by award-winning singer and songwriter Lea Morris, original poetry by physician and poet Anjali Jain, and inspiring readings and remarks from historian Allison Blakely, Patti Maclay,

A highlight of The Civic Circle’s summer was opening the Montgomery County Commission for Women’s Suffrage 2020 Commemoration with our original song, “Votes for Women!” The song celebrates certain untold aspects of the women’s suffrage story, including the way in which Iroquois women who ran their own tribes inspired such early suffragists as Lucretia Mott. It was an honor to have the song debut at the commission’s commemoration, which took place on August 20 and