Links
- National Issues Forums (NIF) is a network of civic, educational, and other organizations, and individuals, whose common interest is to promote public deliberation in America. It has grown to include thousands of civic clubs, religious organizations, libraries, schools, and many other groups that meet to discuss critical public issues. Forum participants range from teenagers to retirees, prison inmates to community leaders, and literacy students to university students.
- The Kettering Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institute based in Dayton, Ohio (with offices in Washington, D.C. and New York City) was founded in 1927. It is engaged in a wide range of activities to promote civic participation and enrich public life.
- American Village: The mission of The American Village Citizenship Trust is to strengthen and renew the foundations of American liberty and self-government through citizenship education.
- Public Agenda is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization working to strengthen our democracy’s capacity to take on tough issues.
- University of Alabama New College: New College is the University of Alabama’s commitment to providing personalized higher education for those students who need and desire that special attention.
- Auburn University Community and Civic Engagement Initiative: The Community and Civic Engagement Initiative is based on Auburn University’s historic commitment of service and the College of Liberal Arts’ mission to foster an intellectual community where students have an understanding of the human condition, a respect for individual and cultural differences, and a desire for the free exchange of ideas. Through civic engagement, individuals—as citizens of their communities, their nations, and the world—are empowered as agents of positive social change for a more democratic world.
