The Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement - provides resource and research related to young American's civic and political engagement.

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Here is a unique mode of civic engagement. - "A Tennessee lawmaker has relented and agreed to drop his bill linking academic performance to the family's welfare benefits after an 8-year-old girl shamed him by following him around the state Capitol."

Research and theory on mentoring.

There has been a longstanding narrative of youth political apathy and disengagement from democratic life. However, this perception is now giving way to a richer account, one that seeks to illuminate the dynamic ways in which young people are redefining expressions of "citizenship," "political engagement," and "democracy." As the currents of social, political, financial, and global change intensify, what is the future of participatory democracy, youth activism, and civic and political education? How are the practices and forms of participatory democracy evolving in the age of social, digital, and mobile media?  And what do these transformational practices reveal about democratic futures?

A theory of change can be a helpful tool  for developing solutions to complex  social problems. At its most basic,  a theory of change explains how a group of early and intermediate accomplishments sets  the stage for producing long-range results. A more complete theory of change articulates the assumptions about the process through which change will occur, and specifies the ways in which all of the required early and intermediate outcomes related to achieving the desired long-term change will be brought about and  documented as they occur.

Can shopping save the world? The Story of Change urges viewers to put down their credit cards and start exercising their citizen muscles to build a more sustainable, just and fulfilling world.