Civic Learning Week 2026: Believe in Bottom-Up Civic Renewal

Louise Dubé, iCivics, and Danielle Allen, Democratic Knowledge Project

Civic Learning Week (CLW) lit up the nation with a powerful message: civic renewal has taken root in classrooms and local communities. Against a backdrop of continued challenges related to polarization and falling faith in institutions, civic educators, civic leaders, and students all over the country shared messages of recommitment

March 27, 2026

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What is the Fourth of July to you?

Emma Humphries, Chief Education Officer

iCivics Chief Education Officer Emma Humphries reflects on what the Fourth of July means to her, and offers some reflective questions for each of us to consider in giving this holiday the meaning it deserves.

July 3, 2023

First National Civic Learning Week Recap

Earlier this month, we hosted the first national Civic Learning Week, a celebration of civic learning, civic engagement, and civic leadership. From March 6-10, more than 100 partner organizations and 21 states came together to host 121 events to make civic learning a national priority in order to sustain and

March 30, 2023

What the 2022 Midterm Elections Do and Don’t Tell Us

Voting is one moment in time. Civic engagement is the work that happens between elections—the choices we make and the work that we do every single day as part of this audacious experiment in democracy that is the United States of America. Civics is the preparation we all need