Civic Learning Week (March 9–13) is a weeklong national celebration that highlights the importance of civic education in sustaining and strengthening our constitutional democracy, bringing together students, educators, policymakers, and civic leaders across sectors. During the nation’s semiquincentennial, this movement serves as a catalyst for uplifting youth and preparing our communities for the next 250 years and beyond. Here are three things you can do to celebrate Civic Learning Week:
- Plan Your Own Initiative for Civic Learning Week
Use Civic Learning Week as a way to engage your own networks, communities, and classrooms in conversations about civic education, empowering youth, and community engagement. This is an opportunity to further amplify the work you are already doing toward strengthening civic education, constitutional democracy, and youth.
If you are an educator or school leader, use an official Civic Learning Week resource to engage your students in an activity or lesson during March 9–13. Upload your school-based activity to show others how your classroom celebrated Civic Learning Week and uplifted civic education.
Plan your own public event, activity, or initiative and submit it on the website to become an official Civic Learning Week partner. Collaborate with other civic leaders, organizations, and community members to plan this event and broaden your audience.
Spread the word about Civic Learning Week and civic education! Highlight the work you are already engaging in to strengthen civic learning and constitutional democracy. Use this social media toolkit for sample language, graphic assets, and more.
- Join an Event
Throughout Civic Learning Week, there are many in-person and online events, activations, and initiatives hosted by CivxNow members and other leaders across the nation. Look through the Civic Learning Week calendar to learn about these events, or check out the map to see what’s happening in your state or community. Use this as an opportunity to spread the word and encourage your colleagues, network, or communities to join Civic Learning Week events or activities.
- Register for the National Forum Livestream
The Civic Learning Week National Forum serves as an anchor for Civic Learning Week. In anticipation of the nation’s semiquincentennial, this year’s theme is Liberty and Learning: Civic Education at 250.
While we have reached capacity for the in-person event in Philadelphia, we invite you to join us virtually via the National Forum livestream. Tune in March 9 and 10 to explore how educators, policymakers, researchers, academics, and private- and public-sector leaders are energizing the movement to advance high-quality civic education nationwide.
