September 18, 2006 Washington, DC
The conference featured the release of our nation's first Civic Health Index, a rigorous tool to measure civic progress over time. The Civic Health Index is comprised of 40 key civic indicators measuring levels of political activity, civic knowledge, volunteering, trust, philanthropy, and much more. Just as we are able to track our economic progress through the regular reporting of economic indicators, NCoC hopes we will be able to effectively track our civic health with this set of civic indicators.
A feature on the Civic Health Index appear appeared in TIME magazine.
Read the article at Time.com.
Speakers included:
- John Bridgeland, CEO, Civic Enterprises
- E. J. Dionne, Columnist, Washington Post
- David Eisner, CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service
- William Galston, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
- Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
- Rob Portman, Director, Office of Management and Budget
- Robert Putnam, Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; author of Bowling Alone (2000).
- Irasema Salcido, Founder, Chavez Charter School
- Harris Wofford, Case Foundation
The conference included civic leaders working to strengthen citizenship in each of the NCoC's three areas: American history and civics education; community, national, and public service; and civic and political participation.
For more information, please contact David Sandak at dsandak@ncoc.net.