We build capacity for civic health by creating norms of mutual respect and public-spirited responsibility, fostering civic spaces and institutions that adapt to challenges without eroding legitimacy to enable shared problem-solving and deepening cultural practices of bridging across difference without requiring an “other.”
In a healthy civic society, people share a commitment to the common good by disagreeing without contempt, participating in civic and political life and working together to craft solutions — including through government and non-profits — that create tangible improvements in everyday life.
Accelerating the UW’s investment in civic health
To accelerate the UW’s investment in civic health, we work across four interdependent program areas:
Civic pathways
Cultivating a new generation of student leaders.
Civic-facing research
Amplifying public impact research in practice.
Civic technology
Sparking and scaling advances in civic technology.
The UW across WA
Strengthening our connections to the communities we serve.