NC Collegiate Citizenship Project

In summer 2020, NC Campus Compact launched the NC Collegiate Citizenship Project (NC-CCP). Through this effort, we seek to improve civic life in North Carolina by promoting election engagement and civil discourse and dialogue on member institutions throughout the state. Funding is provided by the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (See the ZSR Press Release). Here you can learn about our broader election engagement efforts, including our 2020 partnership with the Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP).

2021-22 Initiative

Democracy Never Sleeps

To build on the momentum from 2020 in which our member campuses were deeply involved in election and dialogue efforts, we are providing funding to continue to support democratic engagement. Funding is available in three categories:

Election Engagement Grants ($750)
Dialogue & Civil Discourse Grants ($1000)
Democracy Innovation Grants ($5000)

CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Deadline: May 12, 2021

2019-20 Initiative

Election Engagement

Through the initiative NC Campus Compact hosted an Election Engagement Sustainability Fellowship,  awarded Election Engagement mini-grants, and  launched and promoted the #NCStudentsVote social media campaign.  These initiatives complement NC Campus Compact’s ongoing election work, including hosting the annual NC College Voter Summit  and facilitating the NC Campus Voting Coalition.

Election Engagement Sustainability Fellowship (EESF)

2020 Fellows

Election Engagement Mini-Grants

2020 Grantees

Civil Discourse & Dialogue

Civil Discourse & Dialogue Mini-Grants

To encourage member institutions to engage in civil discourse and dialogue, NC Campus Compact has awarded $700 mini-grants to ten institutions to support activities throughout the entire 2020-21 academic year.

2020 Grantees

Campbell University
Elizabeth City State University
Lenoir-Rhyne University
NC State University
Piedmont Community College
UNC Asheville
UNC Pembroke
Wayne Community College
William Peace University
Winston-Salem State University

Grantees were encouraged to use one of the models below.

• Ask Big Questions – https://www.askbigquestions.org/
• Braver Angels – https://braverangels.org/
• Civil Discourse© – https://humancommunication.asu.edu/research-initiatives/i-4c-collective/civil-dialogue
• Dialogue to Change (Everyday Democracy) – https://www.everyday-democracy.org/
• Essential Partners – https://whatisessential.org/
• Intergroup Dialogue – https://igr.umich.edu/
• Living Room Conversations – https://www.livingroomconversations.org/
• National Issues Forum (Deliberative Dialogue) – https://www.nifi.org/
• Sustained Dialogue – https://sustaineddialogue.org/our-work/campus/

Virtual Introductory Dialogue Series

Throughout the 2020-21 academic year, NC Campus Compact is hosting a series of virtual sessions to introduce member institutions to dialogue methods that were not covered during the 2020 Civic Engagement Institute.

Learn more and register

Session Five featuring Braver Angels’ Depolarizing Within workshop
October 9, 2020 (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

Facilitators: Representatives from the Braver Angels Alliance of Central North Carolina

Session Four featuring Braver Angels’ Depolarizing Within workshop
October 2, 2020 (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

Facilitators: Representatives from the Braver Angels Alliance of Central North Carolina

Session Three featuring Bring It To The Table
Viewing, Discussion, and Demonstration
September 3, 2020 (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

Session Two featuring Democracy Cafe
July 21, 2020 (2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.)

Presenter: Christopher Phillips, PhD, (ChristopherPhillips.com), founder of DemocracyCafe.org, 

Session One featuring Braver Angels and With Malice Toward None
July 9, 2020 (2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.)

Presenter: Dr. William Doherty, co-founder of Braver Angels and Professor and Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program in the Department of Family Social Science, College of Education and Human Development, at the University of Minnesota

Questions? Contact Leslie Garvin, Executive Director.