The Seven Steps Forward: Inspiring Civic Change!

The Civic Circle’s after-school enrichment program uses music and the arts to teach seven civic skills that we call “steps to democracy” to students in Eastern Montgomery County, helping close a well-documented equity gap in civic learning and engagement.Students learn civility (Listen!), news literacy (Learn!), voting (Choose!), service-learning (Join!), advocacy (Speak!), organizing (Act!), and public service (Lead!), empowering them to exercise civic clout in their schools, communities, nation and world. The Civic Circle also puts on free concerts to get students and families excited about voting and democracy, and produces educational videos that make our program available to teachers and parents everywhere.The Civic Circle’s one-of-a-kind, equity-informed, multicultural program fills several important gaps in civic learning. We target elementary school-age children often overlooked in the Social Studies curriculum, we use performance-based learning to connect with diverse students, and we teach students the civic skills they will need to become voters and leaders in their communities. Civic learning correlates directly to improved academic achievement, fewer discipline incidents, college completion, and the development of skills that lead to employment.Contact: info@theciviccircle.org

The Civic Circle

Support democracy and civic learning through the arts with The Civic Circle!

Silver Spring Civic Building

CELEBRATE DEMOCRACY and the power of civic transformation with The Civic Circle! Join our movement to inspire civic learning through the arts, and help us build hope, community, and a stronger foundation.We’ll have live music, refreshments, collective poetry and civic arts activities that explore the seven “steps to democracy” at the heart of our program.We'll also honor our outgoing founder, Eliza Newlin Carney with our Art of Service award, and welcome Executive Director Katherine Wise.Don't miss this chance to empower civic change with some of our community's most dynamic civic movers and shakers, artists, educators and youth leaders.For volunteer and sponsorship opportunities, please email info@theciviccircle.org. Support democracy and civic learning at a crucial juncture!We look forward to seeing you there!

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