Innovations in Civic Participation
Supporting the development of innovative youth civic engagement policies and programs.
By Eliza Collison We can change the world and make it a better place. It is in your hands to make a difference. – Nelson Mandela July 18th marks Nelson Mandela Day; a day of service honoring the late Nelson Mandela, whose mantra and way of life followed three points: free yourself, free others, and […]
The Graceland University AmeriCorps Youth Launch is an innovative and successful program working to promote and improve youth development and is one of the programs featured in Transforming Communities Through Service: A Collection of the Most Innovative AmeriCorps State and Volunteer Generation Fund Programs in the United States. […]
By Sulaiman Kenyatta The ICP staff is happy to welcome back our founder and executive director, Susan E. Stroud, after she was recently invited to a youth civic participation summit at the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris, France. Organized by the Division for Social Policy and Development in […]
Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP), the US-Japan Council (USJC), and the TOMODACHI Initiative would like to invite you to attend one of three workshops happening in Japan this July. The workshops are a part of the ICP-TOMODACHI Collegiate Civic Engagement and Social Entrepreneurship Program but are being independently organized by each of the universities. All […]
By Sulaiman Kenyatta “Why are you not poor?” This was the question that former President Bill Clinton inquired to a group of participants in the Washington Court Hotel ballroom early Thursday afternoon. Delivering the keynote address at the Hamilton Project’s “Addressing America’s Poverty Crisis” summit, the former President shared his beliefs on the […]