When Oakland voters approved Democracy Dollars in 2022, they created California’s first public campaign financing program and set up a major community engagement challenge: How do you help residents understand and...
How should your local government use AI? On the weekend of May 2nd, 40 residents of Snohomish County, WA, began working to answer that question with the help of Civic...
Spread The Vote (STV) was founded with a simple but ambitious goal: to get identification and other vital documents for everyone who needs them to vote. Hitting the ground...
Local Policy Lab (LPL) is thrilled to join forces with the National Civic League, moving from proving what works in individual cities to establishing inclusive governance as a national standard....
The National Civic League is excited to launch CyberSim and Take9 for Civic Digital Resilience, a new national initiative in partnership with craig newmark philanthropies and Aspen Digital at the...
“Trust is like the air we breathe – when it’s present, nobody really notices. When it’s absent, everybody notices.” -Warren Buffett Buffett’s words have never been more true. Trust is...
Some city leaders would be surprised to see hundreds of residents volunteer to spend dozens of hours poring over their city’s charter. “I was shocked by how willing these members...
The images and videos in the galleries below capture What’s Next, West Virginia? and What’s Next, Alabama? in action, showing people from different walks of life—across class, race, faith, education,...
A major new national effort to strengthen democracy through shared, evidence-based narrative strategies will launch on December 8. Led by Metropolitan Group in partnership with Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement...
