ICP and the Ma’an Alliance for Civic Engagement host training in Cairo
Cairo, Egypt, September 10, 2014: September 1-3, 2014 Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) in partnership with The Ma’an Alliance for Civic Engagement, the John D. Gerhart Center for Philanthropy and Civic Engagement at The American University in Cairo hosted a 2.5 training on service-learning and civic engagement for leaders in the MENA region. Thirty-four participants […]
International Youth Day
By Eliza Collison There are 1.2 billion youth aged 15-24 Years in the World August 12th marks International Youth Day 2014, this year’s theme being “Mental Health Matters.” A recent UN report defines youth development as the ongoing process in which all young people are engaged and invested. Through dynamic, national and international […]
TOMODACHI-ICP Collegiate Civic Engagement Program has a lasting impact on Japanese Universities.
From July 7th to the 17th, ICP Executive Director Susan Stroud and Program Officer Phil Hayes visited the cities of Sendai, Tokyo, and Okinawa in Japan to hold a series of workshops with ICP university partners and affiliated Japanese Universities. Over this ten day period ICP worked closely with faculty and students from Tohoku […]
ICP awarded NED grant
Innovations in Civic Participation (ICP) is the recent recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) grant to support university faculty training in civic engagement in the MENA region. Under this grant, ICP will host the Linking Student Learning with Community Engagement: A Consultation for Faculty at Arab Universities September 1-3 in Cairo, Egypt. […]
SummerTrek 2014 Launches
“SummerTrek makes our lives easier! We know what to expect each day.” -Deborah Thomas, Out-Of-School Time Program Coordinator at Wagner Middle School SummerTrek, ICP’s six-week service-learning summer program for middle school students, launched at four sites in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 7, 2014. Built upon ICP’s previous program, Summer of Service, SummerTrek drives youth to become engaged as […]