2023 focuses on the connection between civic health and thriving people and places. Civic health reflects the opportunities people have to participate in their communities. It starts in our local…
Governing Magazine, May 16 2019 https://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-parks-community-centers-public-spaces-critical-social-infrastructure.html We need to reimagine them and invest in them as platforms for health, equity and neighborhood wellbeing. Our community centers, parks and other public…
https://www.governing.com/community/want-equity-and-prosperity-invest-in-urban-public-spaces A robust, nature-rich and welcoming public realm of parks, streetscapes and civic facilities has an array of social benefits for disadvantaged communities. Governing Magazine, Nov 2021 The good news…
April 2023 Governing Magazine https://www.governing.com/now/in-communities-where-civic-health-is-poor-lives-are-shorter • Civic health and population health go hand in hand. • Emerging research shows that the stresses of discrimination and poverty are direct causes of illness.…
https://civiccommons.us/app/uploads/2023/03/Investing-with-Intention_Civic-Engagement.pdf Civic engagement happens when people of all backgrounds participate in public life and help shape their community’s future. A thriving culture of civic engagement is associated with a robust…
The most and least civically engaged states. As a rule, northern rural states excel by these metrics, while urbanized states in the southern half of the country struggle. Nevada, Florida…
ORANGE PARK, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis highlighted Florida’s continued commitment to expanding civics education in Florida schools and announced that the first 4,500 teachers have completed the Civics Seal of…
Governing Magazine, https://www.governing.com/now/civic-education-is-having-a-moment-this-is-what-that-means For decades, America dropped the ball on teaching students about democratic governance processes. It is now seem as essential to repairing a battered democracy. Fewer than half…
Conventional wisdom tells us Floridians are too polarized to make progress on education, let alone for people with different views to see and hear one another. But I’m certain there’s…
Richard Haass, author of “The Ten Habits of Good Citizens,” suggests we’re failing to teach what it means to be American and that “our civics deficit” can jeopardize the future…