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Useful Web Links - Student & Local Coordinator Resources
Democracy and Civics Key Club
http://www.keyclub.org/keyclub/about/
Key Club is an international student-led organization which provides its members with opportunities to provide service, build character and develop leadership.
Teen Court
http://library.thinkquest.org/2640/
National Association of Student Councils
http://www.nasc.us/s_nasc/sec.asp?CID=160&DID=5352
NASC represents middle level and high school councils nationwide. It seeks to provide a valuable leadership partnership between students and their school.
NASC Conferences and Programs
http://www.nasc.us/s_nasc/sec.asp?CID=166&DID=5358
Thinking-East.Net
http://www.thinking-east.net
A pioneering project bringing together young academics from around the world to reflect upon issues pertaining to North Africa, the Near and Middle East and Central Asia.
First Amendment Schools - United States
www.firstamendmentschools.org
First Amendment Schools: Educating for Freedom and Responsibility, co-sponsored by the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and the First Amendment Center, is a national reform initiative designed to transform how schools model and teach the rights and responsibilities of citizenship that frame civic life in the U.S.
Kids Voting USA (KVUSA) - United States
www.kidsvotingusa.org
Kids Voting USA is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, national organization that works with schools and communities to enhance civic education. Kids Voting USA fosters an informed, participating electorate by educating and actively engaging young people and their families in voting and other elements of effective civic engagement. KVUSA provides students with an authentic voting process that mirrors the official voting process of the United States through programs such as Civics Alive! for K-12 students and Destination Democracy for high school students.
The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement
(CIRCLE) - United States
www.civicyouth.org
The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) promotes research on the civic and political engagement of youth between the ages of 15 and 25. CIRCLE conducts and funds research on projects involving youth civic engagement and civic education, hoping to have a positive impact on young people's future engagement in politics and civic life.
Albert Einstein Institution
http://www.aeinstein.org
The Albert Einstein Institution is a nonprofit organization advancing the study and use of strategic nonviolent action in conflicts throughout the world.
Human Rights Education Associates (HREA)
http://www.hrea.org
HREA is a non-political organization whose primary role is to support efforts aimed at introducing human rights concepts and values into educational curricula and teaching practices around the world.
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED)
http://www.ned.org/research/demresources/orgs-civic.html
NED is a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts.
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