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Center for Civic Education
 Mission/Vision
The Center for Civic Education is an Independent, nonprofit organization with offices in Los Angeles, California and Washington, D.C. The Center's domestic programs are implemented in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the...
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The Center for Civic Education is an Independent, nonprofit organization with offices in Los Angeles, California and Washington, D.C. The Center's domestic programs are implemented in every U.S. state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands.
The Center's Civitas international program is a consortium of civic education organizations in the United States and emerging and established democracies in over 70 countries throughout the world. The aim of the program is to bring exemplary civic education programs to students, preparing them for active, responsible, democratic citizenship in an ever-changing world.
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What does the organization do?
The principal goals of the Center's programs are to help students develop
- an increased understanding of the institutions of constitutional democracy and the fundamental principles and values upon which they are founded
- the skills necessary to participate as effective and...
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The principal goals of the Center's programs are to help students develop
- an increased understanding of the institutions of constitutional democracy and the fundamental principles and values upon which they are founded
- the skills necessary to participate as effective and responsible citizens
- the willingness to use democratic procedures for making decisions and managing conflict.
Ultimately, the Center strives to develop and enlightened citizenry by working to increase teachers' and students' understanding of the principles, values, institutions, and history of constitutional democracy.
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Opportunities for Youth
Youth involvement and participation is a key component to our mission to develop an enlightened and engaged citizenry.
In one of our curricular programs, Project Citizen, students, or members of youth organizations, work cooperatively to identify a public policy problem in their...
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Youth involvement and participation is a key component to our mission to develop an enlightened and engaged citizenry.
In one of our curricular programs, Project Citizen, students, or members of youth organizations, work cooperatively to identify a public policy problem in their community. They then research the problem, evaluate alternative solutions, develop their own solution and create a political action plan to enlist local or state authorities to adopt their proposed policy. The Center believes that empowering youth to bring about social change is integral to a well-functioning democracy.
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