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Citizen Connect (ARCHIVED VERSION) was a nonpartisan doorway to civic action. This site preserves content from over 600 organizations – right, left, and center – previously working to strengthen our democracy. All materials are provided for archival and informational purposes only and are no longer actively updated.

  • Bridging Differences for Collective Impact

    Becca Kearl

    An interactive panel of educators will showcase the interplay between civic engagement, civic learning, and bridging divides and how they bring this to their classrooms. Attendees will have a chance to experience and walk away with concrete resources to try in the classroom including: (1) short 10-minute activities, (2) lessons, or (3) full-blown curricula. The…

  • Women, Politics, and Peace

    Becca Kearl

    Join us for a panel with four incredible women who have been on the front lines of politics and changemaking around the world. Living Room Conversations is partnering with the Global Compassion Coalition and UK Compassion in Politics for this event! With elections in over 60 countries happening this year, rising conflict, and extremism– what…

  • Living Room Conversations: Race + Ethnicity

    Becca Kearl

    Join Living Room Conversations staff, Anaïs + Annie, this Black History Month for a conversation about Race + Ethnicity.We will be hosting a conversation using our Race + Ethnicity Conversation guide. Were conversations about race a part of your upbringing? If so, how was the subject approached? How did the people around you talk about other…

  • Reunited States- Building Understanding in America

    Becca Kearl

    The motto of the United States is e pluribus unum– out of many, one. Our nation has blended cultures, beliefs, and people from across the world to varying degrees of success. In recent years, it is our divisions and not our “one” that have taken center stage in our politics, communities, and media. The Reunited States highlights individual…

  • Police-Community Relations Conversation

    Becca Kearl

    Communities function best with (a few) shared values like safety and order. We want our communities to be safe. We want law enforcement to be fair. We want police to do their job in a manner that is safe for them and for community members. We expect these elements to be a given-a shared goal…

  • Trust in Elections Conversation

    Becca Kearl

    Trust is a critical component of building and maintaining healthy families, communities, institutions and countries. What happens when it starts to dwindle or is lost entirely? Trust is built over time. It can be challenged by people with different views or backgrounds as well as events that call into question the intent of our institutions…