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So you’ve got a handle on what civic engagement is, and you’re ready to bring to the young people you serve. On this page we’ll help you get started with resources that will guide you through the planning and implementation process for civic engagement programming. We encourage you to take advantage of a more hands-on learning experience by joining one of our civic engagement workshops.
So you’ve got a handle on what civic engagement is, and you’re ready to bring to the young people you serve. On this page we’ll help you get started with resources that will guide you through the planning and implementation process for civic engagement programming. We encourage you to take advantage of a more hands-on learning experience by joining one of our civic engagement workshops.
Civic Engagement Planning Workbook
Civic Engagement Planning Workbook
If you’ve got ideas and are ready to put them in action, our Civic Engagement Planning Workbook combines a backwards planning structure with the domains of the Framework for Civic Engagement. This tool is intended to help you build a scaffolded, intentional civic engagement initiative that stands alone or is integrated into your existing programming.
Civic Engagement Activity Guides
Civic Engagement Activity Guides
An accessible place to start is with TYTHEdesign’s Civic Engagement Activity Guides. Each of the five guides offer you concrete connections between the Framework for Civic Engagement and the activity being presented. In addition to a step-by-step procedure, the guide includes suggestions for scaling activities up and down, reflection questions, extensions, and materials.
Community Mapping
A tool to connect young people to their spaces, neighborhoods, or buildings; leads to community-based research, a type of investigation that takes place in community settings to understand local context, needs, and opportunities
Human-Centered Design
A creative approach to problem-solving by understanding people’s needs and developing insights to solve those needs; teaches young people to discover the “why,” rather than make assumptions or jump to conclusions
Participatory Decision-Making
Exercises that encourage young people to think critically about their choices and understand the importance of the decision-making process; provides an outlet for young people to articulate their opinions in a safe space on a variety of topics
Personality Compass
A concrete way for participants to reflect on their own strengths and challenges when working in a group; supports student voice by giving them ownership over how they communicate and collaborate with others, creating a safe and productive environment
Story Circle
A group of people sharing stories about their experience on a given topic or theme; allows participants to gather information about their community, understand various perspectives, and build empathy and connection with one another
An adaptation of role play that asks participants to think more critically about the impact of their actions; pulled from Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed focused on social justice
Civic Engagement Reflection Guide
Civic Engagement Reflection Guide
This guide will help you and your team bridge the gap between activity and reflection. We want you to feel confident and equipped to facilitate reflection discussions that challenge young minds, start conversations, and create safe spaces to explore difficult topics. This reflection guide will provide you with the tools to prepare, teach, and facilitate an interactive discussion that is developmentally appropriate and easily adaptable.
This guide will help you and your team bridge the gap between activity and reflection. We want you to feel confident and equipped to facilitate reflection discussions that challenge young minds, start conversations, and create safe spaces to explore difficult topics. This reflection guide will provide you with the tools to prepare, teach, and facilitate an interactive discussion that is developmentally appropriate and easily adaptable.
Civic Engagement Resource Guide
Civic Engagement Resource Guide
The Civic Engagement Resource Guide is designed to take the legwork out of civic engagement planning by providing a number of virtual and local organizations and digital resources that offer examples and opportunities for engagement. This is a great place to start learning websites and local organizations that can inspire you and support you as you begin to implement civic engagement in your youth programming.
The Civic Engagement Resource Guide is designed to take the legwork out of civic engagement planning by providing a number of virtual and local organizations and digital resources that offer examples and opportunities for engagement. This is a great place to start learning websites and local organizations that can inspire you and support you as you begin to implement civic engagement in your youth programming.
Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you still have questions? Check out our FAQs, gathered from surveys, focus groups with DYCD staff, and workshops with youth-serving CBOs like you, for detailed answers to your civic engagement questions.
Do you still have questions? Check out our FAQs, gathered from surveys, focus groups with DYCD staff, and workshops with youth-serving CBOs like you, for detailed answers to your civic engagement questions.
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