Generation Citizen Tufts Chapter

Generation Citizen is featured in this great Globe piece about the power and value of action-based civics education: "If we want our students to become engaged citizens, we must teach them to do more than answer multiple-choice questions. At its best, civic education is personal, timely, and empowering.... This kind of civics education — palpably relevant and intimately local — changes lives."

Teach civics in schools — but do it right - The Boston Globe These days, American schools are focused on two big “C’s,” college and career readiness. Many believe we’re neglecting a third “C:” citizenship. That quality is best taught through civics.

The GC 2014 Annual Report it out! You can read the full report here: http://generationcitizen.org/annualreport14/

What happens when Boston’s most innovative technologists team up with the city's most passionate students to hack Boston’s biggest community problems? (Hint: amazing things happen.) Just 3 days until the ! Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14TNk4TSD5NO4_Nl1KgHVaXRyssBm3NeySJQXJbG2g4A/viewform

will be the first event of it's kind! Tech industry leaders meet with GC classes to create solutions for their action projects. Get your students ready for this epic November 1st collaboration, or if you know code, sign up to be on a hack team!

The Civic Tech Challenge 2014 On Saturday, November 1st, teams from Boston’s most innovative tech companies will apply their talents to hack community problems alongside GC students, and present solutions in front of our city’s most prominent civic tech trailblazers.