GENERATION CITIZEN INC
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Mission Statement
Our team works to build an education movement that equips and inspires young people to transform our democracy. We envision a world in which young people are at the forefront of creating a more just, participatory, and inclusive country.
About This Cause
The traditional notion of civics is a rote class, in which young people learn about civic engagement by memorizing the three branches of government and how a bill becomes a law. In Generation Citizen, students learn civics by getting their hands dirty and actually taking action. Just as students learn math by doing math problems, and learn science through doing science experiments, our students learn civics by "doing" civics - taking action on real-world issues they care about. We inspire civic participation through a proven state standards-aligned action civics class that gives students the opportunity to experience real-world democracy. Through student-driven projects, youth learn how to effect policy change by engaging with local government and leaders to solve community problems. GC students receive an effective, action-oriented civics education that promotes long-term civic engagement and builds collaboration, communication, and critical thinking skills that students will need throughout their lives. The result is passionate and responsible civic participation that will help create the more active citizenry and more responsive government of our future. Ultimately, we believe that our democracy will work best if everyone participates. Therefore, our current efforts focus almost exclusively on eliminating the civic engagement gap by working with under-served youth populations in both rural and urban environments. We work to demonstrate that Action Civics is a discipline that can be relevant in all school settings and locations with diverse political representation. We feel that we will best be able to achieve our ultimate mission by focusing our current work and resources on eliminating the civic engagement gap.