Word: civic
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...primary debates. I had no real objection to this, as “Jeopardy!” was over. In fact, I was rather excited. Think of the outfit that Hillary Clinton will be wearing! I should probably interject that I have never voted and that my idea of civic responsibility is my encyclopedic knowledge of the contents of Jackie Kennedy’s wedding trousseau. I am sure this offends many of you, and this doesn’t bother me. If you grew up in Rhode Island, home to four electoral votes and the only state...
...attempts at political reform since he left power have not produced a tangible improvement in the daily lives of Indonesians. Corruption, cronyism, a lack of transparency and accountability - they are all still around. Indonesia has been reborn as a young democracy, but because Suharto did not establish durable civic institutions, that democracy is messy enough for many Indonesians to pine for his old New Order...
TIME has been taking the lead in seeking to revive civic engagement among young people. Our Sept. 10, 2007, cover story, "The Case for National Service," argued that public service should become a universal rite of passage for young Americans. Since then, Senator Obama has made national service part of his platform, while Senator Clinton has pledged to double the educational stipends for AmeriCorps volunteers. As a direct result of the interest in that cover story, we are planning to sponsor a summit meeting on national service in the fall...
...Circle A 2001 grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts led to the creation of CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement). Based at the University of Maryland's School of Public Policy, the center conducts research on the civic and political engagement of Americans between the ages of 15 and 25. One of the group's main areas of study is the way young voters are using online tools to connect with one another, including VotePoke.org...
...Black Youth Vote BYV!, the youth division of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, focuses on voter registration for African Americans in seven states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan and Texas. According to the group's statistics, nearly 50% of the black American electorate is made up of men and women under...