Spark citizenship!
Choose to use your citizen power for good this election year.
This election year is already creating more anxiety, fear, anger, apathy, and everything in between — and we’re only a few months in.
If you want to find a more purposeful — and even hopeful — way of being a caring and responsible American during 2024, you’ve come to the right place.
This year, we invite you to spark citizenship. We think of citizenship not as the passports you hold, but as a commitment to using your power and acting with a sense of civic character. It means being part of efforts to improve the quality of life in your community and feeling like you’re part of something bigger than yourself. It’s having a civic mindset and a commitment to embracing your role in the American experiment. And fortunately, we’ve got something in the works to help you do just that.
SPARK CITIZENSHIP / MAY FOCUS
Curiosity and Connection
There’s a glaring spotlight on how Americans are different from one another these days. It’s so easy to separate and tribalize ourselves based on our values and viewpoints. But to an extent, democracy needs diversity in perspective in order to function. So we’re faced with a crucial question: how can we navigate these differences while still being the United States — and how can we ensure those differences don’t harm others? Or more simply put, how shall we be together?
To answer this question and find our way through this time of immense polarization, we need to understand each other better. But before we can do that, we must understand ourselves first.
Joining and Inviting
Become more deeply embedded in your community and find belonging, purpose, and power.
Civic Ritual
Revive your commitment to living like a citizen by adding purpose to an everyday habit.
Civic Gatherings
Build purposeful community gatherings that rebuild connection, trust, and collaboration.
Curiosity and Connection
Start with self-reflection to build habits of curiosity and connection that lead to civic empathy.
