Rep. Adam Smith is partnering with Civic Genius, a program of the National Civic League, to host an innovative town hall on August 4, 2025. To ensure that constituents from...
Explore the 2025 All-America City Award Event through photos. Email us at [email protected] to request high resolution versions. Keynote Speakers 2025 Finalist Communities Albuquerque, NM Akron, OH Austin,...
In democratic politics, every decision produces winners and losers. Whether through elections, referenda, or public consultations, someone’s preferred policy will lose. The critical question is: Will the losing side accept...
By Eric LaFontaine – Communications Director, Mount Pleasant, SC Mount Pleasant is taking a meaningful step toward honoring one of its historic communities with the creation of the Scanlonville Praise House...
Over the past few months, congressional town halls have run the gamut. Some have drawn thousands of supportive constituents while others have erupted into chaos. In many places, members of...
The National Civic League is heartbroken and outraged by the politically motivated violence that took the lives of Minnesota Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, and left Senator John Hoffman...
JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Program Assistant (Contract-based position located in Washington, DC) ActiVote and the National Civic League The National Civic League and ActiVote seek a highly motivated individual with communication, data,...
The “house that Madison built” is crumbling. Democracy is eroding at the top and cracks are forming in its foundation, in cities, where the “rubber meets the road.” Nationally, democracy...
Four police officers, a dozen youth leaders, and 55 curious neighbors walk into a public library… It’s not the set-up for a lame joke, but for an evening of powerful...
