December 19, 2025
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,...
March 8, 2024
Unlock your civic knowledge for a chance to win a $200 gift card! Join the ActiVote Civics Challenge and test your way to some easy cash! Questions might include: What’s...
August 22, 2019
Bring a Homegrown Talent to Your Organization Lead For America (LFA) is a non-profit that aims to ensure our nation’s most dynamic and diverse talent is working on our communities’...
June 23, 2019
Battle Creek, MI Clinton, NC Cornelius, OR Doral, FL Dubuque, IA Edinburg, TX El Paso, TX Gothenburg, NE Lancaster, TX Livingston County, NY Mission, TX Ontario, CA Pasco, WA Rancho...
May 12, 2019
By Doug Linkhart — President, National Civic League What makes some communities better able than others to solve the tough social, political, economic or physical challenges they face? This was...
January 29, 2019
Decatur City Manager Peggy Merriss is a model public servant. After 35 years of dedication to her community, Peggy has retired. After working her way up through the City of...
October 24, 2018
With major changes in farming and food systems in the past century, the Interactivity Foundation recently published a discussion guide around rural communities and possible future directions with policy implications....
October 24, 2018
Donors and philanthropists should support organizations that carry out year-round civic engagement, leadership development, and capacity building in communities and within demographic groups that partisan campaigns often pass over, a...
October 23, 2018
Do you need a dose of inspiration about the importance of civic engagement and democracy? If so, check out the e-book, “Democracy, Voting & Civic Duty: Motivating Quotations on Individual...