LibGuides: Civic Engagement Leadership Roles for Libraries: Approaches

Get Out the Vote!

Elections Division (Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) For information about registering to vote, mail-in voting, absentee ballots, and tracking your ballot.
National Voter Registration Day Libraries can register to host an event. Held the 4th Tuesday of September. This year: September 25, 2018
Libraries and Voter Engagement (ALA) "Libraries are nonpartisan, but they are not indifferent. As institutions that provide access to information, resources, programs, and public spaces for all members of a community, libraries are a cornerstone for civic engagement and more important than ever."
League of Women Voters of Massachusetts 45 local leagues in Massachusetts. Educates voters about election laws and campaign finance, natural resources and the environment, women’s health, children’s issues, state budget and finances, public education, and public safety.
Campus Take Over (National Voter Registration Day)

Examples of Library Voting Guides

MBLC LSTA Grants
The MBLC offers Civic Hub and Citizenship Corner grants. Applicants must have a strategic plan on file and also submit a letter of intent in early December.

Civic Education (CIRCLE, Tufts) The Center for Information & Research on Learning and Engagement
We the People Program
What Does the NAEP Civics Assessment Measure? National Assessment of Educational Progress
What does civics education in America look like? (Brookings Institute)
Civics Education Initiative 100 Facts Every High School Student Should Know coalition of grassroots activists working with state and local leaders to ensure each new generation has the critical knowledge they need to become informed, engaged citizens
Civic Learning (Massachusetts Department of Higher Education) Massachusetts is the first state in the nation to make Civic Learning a goal for all undergraduates in public higher education and the first state in the nation to establish a shared goal of Civic Learning for K-12 and public higher education.
Civic Engagement (American Psychological Association) Civic engagement is good for our health!
Civics Education Programs and Materials (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library) Materials and programs designed to engage students with civic education, including campaigns and elections.

Arts & Civic Engagement Toolkit (Animating Democracy) Planning & Designing Arts-Based Civic Engagement Projects

5 ways to continue open and inclusive dialogue for Racial Healing (W.K. Kellogg Foundation)
Braver Angels Barver Angels is a national citizens' movement to reduce political polarization in the United States by bringing liberals and conservatives together to understand each other beyond stereotypes, forming red/blue community alliances, teaching practical skills for communicating across political differences, and making a strong public argument for depolarization.
Community Conversations Guide (Medium)
Essential Partners Offer free guide to Talking Across the Red/Blue Divide. Request a workshop/incubator.
Great Decisions in the Library
Great Decisions Library Guide
Great Decisions (Foreign Policy Association)
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health Community Conversations
National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation
National Issues Forums Fosters group deliberation through community forums with trained moderators.
Online Learning Sessions (American Library Association)
World Cafe Method

Choose Civility (Howard County Library System) ongoing community-wide initiative, led by Howard County Library System, to position Howard County, MD as a model of civility.
Human Library A worldwide movement for social change