“Government isn’t handed down in the genes,” said former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor in a recent interview on her work using technology to bring civics back into the classroom. “It has to be taught through every generation.”
We couldn’t agree more. And like Justice O’Connor, we are doing something about it. Enter Envision Chicago, a new initiative geared at turning back this toxic tide and teaching productive civic engagement by helping students engage productively with their city government. The people behind Envision Chicago— City Clerk Susana Mendoza, our team at The OpenGov Foundation, four aldermen, four local high schools and a bevy of community groups— have come together to take a stand for civil discourse, for civic literacy and for using modern technology to build better government in full partnership with our future leaders.
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