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) and the Campus Election Engagement Project (CEEP).
Initiatives
Election Engagement
NC Campus Compact is hosting an Election Engagement Sustainability Fellowship and Election Engagement mini-grants. We have also launched the #NCStudentsVote social media campaign. These initiatives complement NC Campus Compact’s ongoing election work, including hosting the annual NC College Voter Summit (scheduled virtually for September 11 and 12) and facilitating the NC Campus Voting Coalition.
Election Engagement Sustainability Fellowship (EESF)
2020 Fellows
Appalachian State University
Macki Snyder, Assistant Director for Community Service
Central Piedmont Community College
Dr. Lisa Godwin, Early Childhood Instructor
Guilford College
Meagan McNeely, Bonner Scholars Program Director
Warren Wilson College
Bobby Beebe, Integrated Advising Coach
Election Engagement Mini-Grants
2020 Grantees
Central Piedmont Community College
Davidson County Community College
East Carolina University
Elon University
NC Central University
Queens University of Charlotte
UNC Asheville
UNC Pembroke
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 nine institutions.
2020 Grantees
Campbell 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 summer and fall 2020, 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.
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.)
Presenter: Julie WinokurExecutive Director, Bring it to the Table
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.
