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To encourage students to become active voters once they are old enough to cast a ballot, Secretary of State Debra Bowen and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson are inviting high school and middle school students, teachers and principals to participate in the MyVote California Student Mock Election, which takes place on Tuesday, October 28, 2014, just one week before California's November 4 General Election.

National Issues Forums (NIF) is a network of civic, educational, and other organizations, and individuals, whose common interest is to promote public deliberation in America. It has grown to include thousands of civic clubs, religious organizations, libraries, schools, and many other groups that meet to discuss critical public issues. Forum participants range from teenagers to retirees, prison inmates to community leaders, and literacy students to university students.

Tim Bonnemann's website.We are a digital engagement startup based in San José, Calif. (USA). We help organizations in the public, private and non-profit sector apply technology to drive collaborative governance, public participation and other types of participatory processes.

nteresting piece by Tim Smith, Director of Online Engagement @ ServiceNation "Do young people see government as a solution anymore?"

Ethelo is a powerful tool for finding agreement among diverse perspectives Designed to unite groups of all sizes, Ethelo is innovative, social, web-based software that provides a holistic, customizable approach to collective decision making and conflict resolution.

detailed info under "Designing the community education and outreach campaign" section

Community planning using a game platform -- has been shown to create more space for young people

Enter your address to find your polling place, build your ballot with our online voters' guide and much more! With our voters' guide you can see the races on your ballot, compare candidates' positions side-by-side, and print out a "ballot" indicating your preferences as a reminder and take it with you to the polls on Election Day. Check out our resources for military and overseas voters!

a history of the League's efforts to increase public participation in the are of natural resource management.

Over the next few weeks, we'll be hosting a number of demo dialogues to give potential customers a chance to try the application hands-on.

The League of Women Voters of California Education Fund (LWVCEF) has received a grant from the Irvine Foundation for a project to develop a best practices manual for all of California's Official Voter Information Guides.

The American Library Association ALA Center for Civic Life (CCL) promotes engagement and fosters public deliberation through libraries. Launched in 2010 in conjunction with the Kettering Foundation and the National Issues Forum Institute, the Center is building the capacity of libraries and librarians to help citizens get more engaged in the civic life of their communities.

The Purpose of this section is both to promote exemplary undergraduate teaching within the political science discipline and to the scholarship of teaching. The section is especially dedicated to increasing the use of innovative teaching methods, particularly those rooted in experience ( internships, service learning, simulations, and study abroad) and the evaluation of such methods.

General info on CA collaboration with diverse communiities

The APSA Teaching and Learning Conference is a unique meeting in which APSA strives to promote greater understanding of cutting-edge approaches, techniques, and methodologies for the political science classroom. The conference provides a forum for scholars to share effective and innovative teaching and learning models and to discuss broad themes and values of political science education--especially the scholarship of teaching and learning.

All members of the public are invited to attend this free hearing. We are holding this meeting to receive feedback from you about the recommendations and to engage key local and regional stakeholders and opinion leaders in the conversation about access to quality civic learning in your area.

Facebook group for California statewide gorup.

The National Constitution Center is the first and only nonprofit, nonpartisan institution devoted to the most powerful vision of freedom ever expressed: the U.S. Constitution. Located on Independence Mall in Historic Philadelphia, the birthplace of American freedom, the Center illuminates constitutional ideals and inspires active citizenship through a state-of-the-art museum experience, including hundreds of interactive exhibits, films and rare artifacts; must-see feature exhibitions; the internationally acclaimed, 360-degree theatrical production Freedom Rising; and the iconic Signers' Hall, where visitors can sign the Constitution alongside 42 life-size, bronze statues of the Founding Fathers. - they have lesson plans and educational supports

e Library's mission is to support the Congress in fulfilling its constitutional duties and to further the progress of knowledge and creativity for the benefit of the American people. -- they have lesson plans and educational supports.

Has lesson lans and supports for those looking to engage youth. Our Mission | Board of Directors | Annual Report/Financial Statements | Executive Staff | Staff/Contact Us Our Mission 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.