We believe that restoring civic health starts with making sure that tomorrow’s community and civic leaders are trusting, informed and able to connect with each other to solve problems.
As a public university, we have a unique opportunity to help our students cultivate the tools to engage in dialogue, disagreement and collaboration with people who hold many perspectives, experiences and beliefs. Currently, UW students have many opportunities to build communication, collaboration and critical thinking skills in the classroom and beyond, but we want to scale up those opportunities so they’re available and affordable for all students. By making civic education and engagement available to all students, we will prepare tomorrow’s civic-minded community members and leaders to work across differences and build connected, responsive societies.
Impact in action
The University of Washington has a number of current programs that are supporting relevant skill-building for our leaders of tomorrow. These programs include, but are not limited to, the following:
NextGen Civic Leader Corps
Deepening an understanding and commitment to public service.
Livable City
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Collaborating with community partners on high-priority projects.
Community Engagement & Leadership Center
Offering opportunities to students to contribute to thriving communities.