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NCOC Weekly Discussion

Happy New Year from NCoC

December 31, 2008

In our daily lives, the passing of time often goes unnoticed - cell phones, PDA’s, work, and family all demand increments of our time and so our days go by sliced and diced into thousands of unremarkable moments. For many of us, as the year comes to a close, time (and the approaching year) take on a special significance. We look at the New Year as an opportunity for reflection, for tallying up what we’ve accomplished, and for outlining what remains undone.

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History and Civics Education

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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation (CRF) seeks to instill in our nation's youth a deeper understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights and to educate young people to become active and responsible participants in our society. CRF is dedicated to assuring our country's future by investing in our youth today.

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National and Community Service

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Youth Service America

YOUTH SERVICE AMERICA is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally.

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Political Involvement

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Strengthening Our Nation’s Democracy

NCoC helped reconvene this conference, sponsored by Demos, Everyday Democracy and AmericaSpeaks, an event that was unique in bridging the gap that commonly separates the electoral reform, deliberative democracy and community development worlds.

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Founded in 1946 and chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1953, the National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC) is a leader in promoting our nation’s civic life. We track, measure and promote civic participation ...

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The Constitutional Convention: Building Democracy 2.0

NCoC is proud to partner with Mobilize.org in bringing the Constitutional Convention: Building Democracy 2.0. The convention offers Millennials the opportunity to sustain the political momentum they created in the 2008 election by discussing our Constitution and democracy.

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