Active Citizenship

Blog Post

by HandsOn Netowork
  We love when people volunteer.  It’s a great way to build community and help out your favorite nonprofits. People want to volunteer even more during the holiday season, and we love everyone who wants to.  Because so many people want...
by City Year Blog
As I sat down with the humbling task of addressing our 24th corps as a national organization, I found myself reflecting upon City Year’s most basic and fundamental value or what we call our magnetic north. A powerful reality that everyone who dons a...
by The Next Web
Activism is important. In some cases it’s the only way to change things and move people in the right direction. In the past, we’ve seen how movements like STOP SOPA can affect decisions and how people from around the globe can join forces to ensure...
by Jean Case
When we look at the state of the world today, we see a mixed picture. Rapid innovation in an increasingly connected society is transforming the way we work, play, and live. But we also see global economic woes, civic unrest, and political stalemates...
by The Chronicle of Philanthropy
President Obama said last night that he wants to ensure that his efforts to force the richest Americans to pay more taxes do not hurt people who make big donations to charity.
by Huffington Post
In 2008, hundreds of thousands of citizens engaged in the political process, some mobilizing others to vote for the first time. To both describe and recapture that activism, Matt Leighninger of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium has written ...
by Stanford Social Innovation Review
Today’s savvy entrepreneurs, businesses, and nonprofits alike are looking to harness the power of games to achieve social impact. As Al Gore expressed at the 8th Annual Games for Change Festival (G4C) last week, “Games are the new normal.” During...

Publication

by Diana Scearce at Connected Citizens
This essay highlights groups that are creatively connecting citizens who are making a difference today, and explores how technology might impact public participation and leadership in the future.
by Alan Khazei
As a young Harvard law graduate, Khazei resolved to serve his country by creating an urban organization in the style of the Peace Corps called City Year. Based in Boston, City Year has grown from a few volunteers into a massive operation with...
by Clay Shirky
Blogs, wikis and other Web 2.0 accoutrements are revolutionizing the social order, a development that's cause for more excitement than alarm, argues interactive telecommunications professor Shirky. He contextualizes the digital networking age with...
by Darell Hammond

Video

by MacArthur Foundation
Looking@Democracy is a national competition offering a total of $100,000 in prize money for short, provocative media submissions designed to spark a national conversation about why government is important to our lives, or how individuals and...
by Points of Light
As part of the National Day of Service, Points of Light(one of America's Promise Alliance's founding partners) joined with Target in hosting an event called The Sunday Supper on January 20. Meant to recreate the tradition of a Sunday meal with...
by Point of Light
As part of the National Day of Service, Points of Light(one of America's Promise Alliance's founding partners) joined with Target in hosting an event called The Sunday Supper on January 20. Meant to recreate the tradition of a Sunday meal with...
by The Case Foundation
On October 26-27, 2012, the Case Foundation was a principal partner for TEDx MidAtlantic in Washington, DC, with the theme of Be Fearless. For the first time ever, this renowned event will took place over two days, featuring Jose Antonio Vargas,...
by The Case Foundation
The Case Foundation launched the Be Fearless campaign in June of 2012. Take a look at how people throughout history have embodied the principles of Be Fearless to achieve so many great accomplishments because we take risks, are bold, and let urgency...
by The Case Foundation
Since it was formed in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, Special Olympics has given four million people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to showcase their talents in 180 countries. Under Tim's leadership as CEO and Chairman, Special...
by Mozilla
We're teaming up with Mozilla Foundation to create this series on "Mozilla Webmakers". In this first installment, we show you what a webmaker is through the words (and graphics!) of various instructors from around the world who are teaching the next...
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Jean Case, CEO of the Case Foundation is interviewed by Raymund Flandez, a reporter for The Chronicle of Philanthropy, during the 2011 Millennial Donor Summit. During this conversation, Raymund and Jean explore issues ranging from how members of the...
by Case Foundation
At the Civic Innovators Forum in Philadelphia, PA, Jean Case and Steve Case are recognized for their service and presented the Citizens of the Year Award.
by Guest Blogger
Give a Minute is a new kind of public dialogue. It only takes a minute to think about improving your city, but your ideas can make a world of difference. "Give a Minute" is an opportunity for you to think out loud; address old problems with fresh...
by Blip
Beth Simone Noveck, Assistant Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government concludes the Promotin Innovation: Prizes, Challenges, and Open Grantmaking conference.
by Guest Blogger
Sharing a common belief in the potential for prizes, challenges and open grantmaking to drive innovation and citizen involvement in decisions that affect their daily lives, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, the Domestic Policy...
by Blip
Various agencies get creative with new ideas for how innovative prizes and competitions can be implemented in this administration or in future ones.