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Youth Civic Solutions Winners Make Progress

Since winning the youth civic solutions competition, these six young people have made progress on their civic engagement work.

Difficult Conversations in the College Classroom Webinar

Citizens & Scholars hosted an intergenerational panel of Fellows for a virtual conversation on dialogue across difference and free expression on college campuses.

Black History Month: 10 Fellows You Should Know

In recognition of Black History Month, here are 10 Fellows who are broadening perspectives by highlighting and examining the experiences of Black Americans and ...

In Newark, 16-Year-Olds Win the Right to Vote in School Board Races

As featured in The New York Times, Civic Spring Fellows with the Gem Project urged officials to lower the voting age for school board elections.

C&S Fellow Fights Book Bans with LeVar Burton

Civic Spring Fellow Da'Taeveyon Daniels was named Youth Honorary Chair for Banned Books Week 2023 alongside Chair LeVar Burton.

C&S Fellow Wins MacArthur Grant

A Fellow from the Citizens & Scholars network has been named a MacArthur Fellow, the five-year program unofficially called “Genius Grants.”

High School Siblings Tackling Environmental Justice One Tree at a Time

Savannah and Sultan Smalley noticed a need in their Philadelphia community. Thanks to support from the Civic Spring Fellowship, they were able to take steps to address it...

The Architecture of Citizenship

After a stint in the Army during the Vietnam War, Dr. James Chaffers attended the University of Michigan on an MLK Fellowship from Citizens & Scholars in 1969. He became ...

Fellowship a “Cornerstone” of Career Engaging Others

Crawford Carpenter was awarded an MLK Fellowship from Citizens & Scholars in 1969. He attended the University of Wisconsin to pursue a master’s degree in business admin...

Lessons from MLK: College as a Model of Democracy

C&S Fellow Lerone A. Martin, a recipient of a 2017 Nancy Weiss Malkiel Fellowship, uses his college classroom to introduce students to a host of historical conversation p...