Be an active citizen with Magnify Your Voice!
Betsy Sinclair was kind enough to introduce us to her new platform, Magnify Your Voice. Magnify is a tool that
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Active Citizenship
Photos from Ray Hartmann Classroom Visits
This fall, as part of our ongoing Active Citizenship program, Civitas brought Ray Hartmann into 9 different schools to showcase
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Fall 2016 Active Citizenship Project announced: Deciphering Election Babble
Fall 2016, the Active Citizen program continues with a new guest speaker and topic. This year we will be working
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Photos from April 23: MCCE/Missouri Ethics Discussion
Here are photos from the April 23 event with the wonderful guest speakers from Maine Citizens for Clean Elections. We
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Photos from Maine Citizens for Clean Elections Classroom Visits
On April 21 and April 22, experts from the Maine Citizens for Clean Elections organization visited a number of area
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Spring 2016 Active Citizen Project
In November, 2015, Civitas students and teachers learned a great deal about the entanglement of money and politics from our
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Spotlight on Money in Politics: February Attack Ads
The reading here is a little tough, but it really shows the underbelly of our political process. As you know,
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OpenSecrets Classroom Visit Photos
This is a collection of photos from the Fall Active Citizenship program. We were fortunate to have Luke Breckenridge and
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Money in Politics Action Session
Civitas is teaming up with high school students and teachers to take what we’ve learned about money in politics to
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Money in Politics presentation
The 2016 election is expected to be the most expensive election held in the U.S. ever. Early estimates are saying
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Updated news on Money & Politics project
Friday, September 11, 2105 OpenSecrets has just published an interesting article on money donated to 2016 presidential candidates by educational
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