The Civic Innovators Forum will be held on September 16 form 9:30-6:00 at the Newseum in Washington, DC. The day will begin with the Case Foundation hosting a discussion on the role of citizen-centered participation in cultivating civic engagement in communities and developing solutions to society’s pressing problems. Over lunch, we’ll discuss the role of the corporate sector in addressing community problems and the evolution of corporate citizenship. Then, Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement will host members of the last four Presidential administrations to discuss how they have worked with the field of philanthropy on a civic engagement agenda and what this evolving relationship should look like.

We’ll end the day with a fun reception hosted by SplashLife in which we will discuss how to support and empower the pro-social Millennial generation and its over-abundance of extraordinary but largely untapped talent to help rebuild the American dream.

Agenda overview (available for download below at right):
9:30-- The Foundation of BIG Citizenship: Citizen-Centered Solutions
11:45-- Civic Innovators in Action: The Future of Corporate Citizenship
12:15-- Lunch
1:10-- Civic Innovators in Action: WeGovernment
2:00-- An Evolving Relationship: How Philanthropy and the Executive Branch Work Together to Promote Civic Engagement
4:30-- Rock Your Life Reception


The Forum will lay the foundation for the 65th Annual National Conference on Citizenship, being held the next day, September 17, at the Library of Congress. Our theme, “BIG Citizenship: Citizens as Catalysts and Innovators” will showcase ways individuals everywhere are self-organizing to meet community needs while demanding transparency and accountability from elected officials and greater social responsibility from corporations.

Attendance at the Civic Innovators Forum is by invitation only. If you received an invitation and still need to register, please contact conference@ncoc.net.