We will ultimately rise up with social activism…

What must be addressed in the most immediate sense is the threat that the emerging police state in the United States poses not to…

— Henry Giroux

I have a theory that, for people of color or others who have been cut out of the master narrative, just telling your personal…

— Faith Adiele

What really matters from the point of view of social capital and civic engagement is not merely nominal membership, but active and involved membership.

— Robert D. Putnam

“The most important political office is that of private citizen.”

— Louis Brandeis

The antidote to the malaise and distrust that led to the rise of Trump is total civic engagement: working together from the grass roots,…

— Michelle Wu

“Efforts to establish local cohesion and community investment are thwarted in neighborhoods with high turnover rates. In this way, eviction can unravel the fabric…

— Matthew Desmond

In our democratic society, the library stands for hope, for learning, for progress, for literacy, for self-improvement and for civic engagement. The library is…

— Vartan Gregorian

Black women care deeply about civic engagement, democracy, education, children, and justice.

— Anthea Butler

I grew up in Minnesota, where we treasure our tradition of civic engagement - and our record of having the nation's highest voter participation.

— Al Franken

If adolescent pregnancy prevention is to become a priority, then our strategy, as advocates, must contain two key elements: civic engagement and education.

— Jane Fonda

“...rather than assuming that education is primarily about preparing for jobs and careers, what would it mean to think of education as a process…

— Mizuko Ito

A society that relies on generalized reciprocity is more efficient than a distrustful society, for the same reason that money is more efficient than…

— Robert D. Putnam

I think the Tea Party monicker has kind of outlived its use. I think this is just an America movement, I mean, and you…

— Laura Ingraham

For newspapers to continue to play an important role in civic engagement, they need more access to capital. Their decline has created a real…

— Ajit Pai

In Elizabethan England or classical Athens... theater was at the center of, not culture, but society and politics and religion and civic engagement. Those…

— Diane Paulus