May 29, 2020
We’re excited to announce that our friends at Civics Unplugged are putting together #Commence2030, a first-of-its-kind celebration of young American civic superheroes who go above and beyond for their communities...
May 28, 2020
The National Civic League has been gathering COVID-19 success stories from communities that have used strong civic capital to respond to the pandemic. The League defines civic capital as including...
May 27, 2020
No one knows for certain how long the Coronavirus pandemic will last, but cities will be feeling the fiscal effects of this scourge years after the crisis has finally run...
May 14, 2020
By Albert Dzur In his teachings and writings, John McKnight, co-founder and co-director of the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at DePaul University, has echoed Alexis de Tocqueville’s appreciation of the...
April 29, 2020
The National Civic League is excited to announce that the City of Marietta Georgia is this year’s All-America City, Hall of Fame Winner. Marietta originally won the All-America City Award...
April 29, 2020
We know in these unprecedented times, navigating public engagement work has never-seen-before challenges while people all over the world are having to physically distance to lessen the further spread of...
April 29, 2020
Will the nation’s experience with social isolation during COVD-19 make people more empathetic to the social isolation experienced regularly by many people, and especially older adults? Some cities have recognized...
April 29, 2020
In his first inaugural address, Thomas Jefferson argued that not every difference of opinion was a difference of principle. “We have called by different names brethren of the same principle,”...
March 30, 2020
As the world grapples with how to respond to this growing pandemic, individuals and organizations are racing to work together and combat the impact of COVID-19 and its further spread....