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unusual facts about civic engagement



Third place

In his influential book The Great Good Place, Ray Oldenburg (1989, 1991) argues that third places are important for civil society, democracy, civic engagement, and establishing feelings of a sense of place.


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Broadband universal service

U.S. President Barack Obama mentioned: “one key to strengthening education, entrepreneurship, and innovation in communities… is to harness the full power of the Internet, and that means faster and more widely available broadband.” (Obama, 2009) The government claimed widespread broadband access is critical for global competitiveness, economic development, national security, public safety, job creation, civic engagement, etc.

Engagement Game Lab

The Engagement Game Lab is an applied research lab at Emerson College, which develops and studies the effects of games as they apply to civic engagement.

Nonprofit VOTE

Grantmakers as Conveners: Nonprofit VOTE state-based initiatives build partnerships with community foundations, United Ways and Regional Associations of Grantmakers to act as co-conveners of trainings on nonprofit voter and civic engagement.

Phil Noble

After retiring from campaign politics in the 1990s, Noble began focusing on developing major interactive civic engagement technology projects with clients such as the BBC, European Union, United Nations, Amnesty International, and The Aspen Institute.

Ron Christie

Christie was selected by Bush to lead an American delegation to an international conference on volunteerism and civic engagement hosted by Prime Minister Tony Blair in London.

Saad Eddin Ibrahim

Barbara Ibrahim is the director of the Gerhart Center for Civic Engagement and Philanthropy in Cairo.