Lifetime Citizenship through Education

Speakers for Civic Education Track

Lifetime Citizenship through Education
Coordinators: Joan Whitney, Community Youth Alliance; Jon Parise, MA Campus Compact

Teaching the Student-Citizen: A Continuum of Civic Education and Engagement. Here educators and community leaders will explore how civic mindedness can be nurtured and developed across one’s lifetime of education through childhood to adulthood service-learning experiences. Mentorship and skills building are areas that will also be examined.

Moderator: Maureen Curley, President, Campus Compact
Panelists:
Meira Levinson, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Julian Brown-Myers, Director, Project Y.E.S., Lynn, MA
Maureen Power, Professor & Executive Director, Intergenerational Urban Institute, Worcester State College
John Reiff, Director, UMass Office of Community Service Learning at Commonwealth College

 

After the Civic Summit, check back for notes from the panel discussion!