Civic Culture
An initiative dedicated to developing a publication for practitioners in a wide range of settings who want to create a healthier civic culture. The publication will define what we mean by civic culture, why it matters to American constitutional democracy, and how it can be fostered in different contexts across America.
America has long recognized the importance of civic culture to the health of the nation’s democracy, yet fewer efforts have focused on reforming civic culture or society compared to the major institutions of government. Moreover, many efforts have focused on boosting the supply of civic organizations or experiences rather than the qualities of civic culture or those experiences.
Many champions of the civic culture recommendations in Our Common Purpose are working with the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ to make progress on defining and elevating civic culture as a key component of renewing our commitment to constitutional democracy. Together, we seek to increase recognition for the value of civic culture in fostering powerful, responsible citizenship.
The Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, the Aspen Institute’s Citizenship and American Identity Program, and Citizen University convened a working group to develop definitions and assessments that will help communities across America strengthen civic culture.
To learn more about this initiative, please contact Betsy Super.