The Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College coordinates a broad range of initiatives that connect students to internships, volunteer opportunities, community engagement, and activism. Bard students tap into their own idealism and vision, developing civic skills that are fundamental for active citizenship.
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Jonathan Becker’s New Book on Youth Voting Rights Featured in Multiple Publications
The newly released book Youth Voting Rights: Civil Rights, the Twenty-Sixth Amendment, and the Fight for American Democracy on College Campuses, co-edited by Jonathan Becker and Yael Bromberg, demonstrates the power of coalition building in the face of voter suppression, particularly across generations and institutional actors.
What Universities Gain From Involving Displaced Students in Civic Engagement
Jonathan Becker, vice president for Academic Affairs and director of the Center for Civic Engagement at Bard College, and Zarlasht Sarmast, Civic Engagement Network coordinator for Bard and the Global Higher Education Alliance for the 21st Century (GHEA21), published an article in Times Higher Education about how empowering displaced students through civic engagement is valuable both for those students and for the academic communities in which they are situated.
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