The flagship Summer Program is a powerful, unifying experience that starts our first year participants, called “Hands,” on their journey to becoming agents of change. Each summer, Hands of Peace brings American (U.S.), Israeli (J.I.), and Palestinian (PAL, PCI) youth together in Chicago and San Diego for a three-week dialogue-based experience. In dialogue sessions led by professional…
Youth councils can be a great avenue for engaging young residents in civic life. During this webinar, we will discuss the traits that effective youth councils share and what cities can do to make their youth councils an authentic part of the decision-making process.Attendees will hear from representatives of three youth councils, some of which…
Join us for our weekly Democracy Happy Hour! Grab a drink and come hear about the latest democracy news, ongoing efforts to fix democracy, and ways you can participate. Each week we cover democracy headlines in the news, a special topic of the week, and then have open discussion on democracy related issues.
Join us for our quarterly STAR Voting Happy Hour and meet the people behind the movement!We’ll start off the meeting with a round of introductions, hear from some of the leaders of one of our newest and brightest chapters, and then open it up to discussion and get to know each other.Bring your thoughts and…