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Welcome to the Director's Blog. Look to the blog for current updates on the We the People program, musings by the director, and comments by the network.
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On June 11, 2009, a group of five motivated We the People alumni from Portland’s Lincoln High School decided to use their knowledge of civics to take direct action toward helping their community. Describing their time away from We the People as "constitution withdrawal," those students were inspired to create Mission: Citizen.
Mission: Citizen is a citizenship education program that emphasizes the importance of being an active and engaged citizen. And prepares students for the naturalization process and to pass the citizenship test. As Mission: Citizen's founders sought to promote civic knowledge, skills, and dispositions, they addressed a very real need in their community. |
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Major Joshua Rosen, a We the People alumnus from Dunwoody High School in Atlanta, Georgia, is stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and wants to introduce the We the People program to American teachers and students in the country after his deployment to an undisclosed location. Major Rosen told me the We the People program enriched his decision to serve. "I took an oath to support and defend the Constitution. I think the oath has more meaning when one has studied the document." |
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This summer the Center plans to conduct a series of webinars on the six units of the We the People textbok. |
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The Center for Civic Education is proud to announce the 25th Anniversary We the People National Finals, April 27-May 1, 2012 |
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As you may know, the U.S. Congress has eliminated all funds for civic education from the FY11 budget. As a consequence, the We the People Programs will receive no federal funding for at least the coming year. However, members of Congress continue to understand the worth and strength of the program.
> More Information About Funding (Coming Soon) |
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