The Miami Foundation, in partnership with the FIU Metropolitan Center, has just released its Civic Engagement in Greater Miami brief in their continuing issue spotlight series. Civic engagement is defined…
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/herald-tribune/20240117/281633900092901 This is a guest column in the Sarasota Tribune by Tim Dutton, FCA Board Member, arguing that social cohesion, the backbone of democracy, can be nurtured in Sarasota by…
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/opinion/2024/01/04/why-its-critical-to-measure-the-civic-health-of-a-community/72088373007/ Civic health measures the overall wellbeing of residents, neighborhoods, and communities. Social cohesion and connectedness are essential both for civic health and a robust democracy. Research has linked strong civic…
The national survey by the Institute for Citizens & Scholars’ (ICS) at Princeton University, September 2023, included more than 4,000 18–24-year-olds and found a strong relationship between civic knowledge and…
In the American Bar Association’s 2023 “Survey of Civic Literacy,” 70% of respondents consider public understanding of how government works to be “not very informed” (53%) or “not at all…
In the same way that doctors conduct an annual check-up to assess our health, we can collect information to assess the civic health of our communities. Civic health includes factors…
Dawn Hunter on Public Health and Civic Engagement
Our nation is tackling a global health pandemic. Calls for reforms that place racial equity are front and center. Is the civic health of our communities strong enough to help…
“The evidence is increasingly clear that the civic health of communities is inextricably linked to the future of local news. Our analysis represents a step toward evaluating the state of…
According to Census data, fewer than three-quarters of eligible Americans are registered to vote. Since 2019, a nonprofit called Vot-ER has taken voter registration efforts into medical exam…