The Civic Education Project @ SIUe is a public service initiative of the Department of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. We partner with campus and community members and organizations to further civic education, civic engagement, and civic empowerment both on campus and throughout the region.
We began as a result of a series of conversations on campus and throughout the community. In these meetings community members expressed a concern that we shared - low levels of civic education and engagement in the local area. Together, we asked what we could do to make a difference and formed the Civic Education Project @ SIUe.
We exist to help further one of SIUe’s chief values -- citizenship. As a university and department, we express a commitment to “Social, civic, and political responsibility, globally, nationally, locally and within the University.” Through the Civic Education Project@ SIUe, the Department of Political Science provides a leadership role in helping further this value within our university and the region. Through our web presence, we provide access to information to help promote and sustain civic education, civic engagement, and civic empowerment and publicize relevant activities on campus and throughout the region. We also work with campus and community partners to sponsor events, provide expertise, and disseminate information that strengthens the links between civic education, civic engagement, and civic empowerment.
We began as a result of a series of conversations on campus and throughout the community. In these meetings community members expressed a concern that we shared - low levels of civic education and engagement in the local area. Together, we asked what we could do to make a difference and formed the Civic Education Project @ SIUe.
We exist to help further one of SIUe’s chief values -- citizenship. As a university and department, we express a commitment to “Social, civic, and political responsibility, globally, nationally, locally and within the University.” Through the Civic Education Project@ SIUe, the Department of Political Science provides a leadership role in helping further this value within our university and the region. Through our web presence, we provide access to information to help promote and sustain civic education, civic engagement, and civic empowerment and publicize relevant activities on campus and throughout the region. We also work with campus and community partners to sponsor events, provide expertise, and disseminate information that strengthens the links between civic education, civic engagement, and civic empowerment.