An ongoing Creative Politics series

Beyond the everyday, we believe that what it means to be a citizen will change dramatically in this century and government will need to evolve rapidly in response.  21st century citizenship will require active participation by all, with special roles for the young and old; 24/7/365 engagement; the blurring of boundaries between governments and the governned; comprehensive civic education integrated into all subjects at all grade levels, including life; increasing expansion of civic responsibility into all areas of life–individual, organizational, political, community, and social; the bold embrace of technology and globalization as positive forces for change.  Forget shareholder value; in this century, it’s citizen value that must be maximized, and we’ll all be talking about how…

PS For more information on 21st century citizenship, regular updates on exemplars, inspirations, projects you can get involved with, and progress towards its goals, please visit the Frank Islam Institute for 21st Century Citizenship (which will be expanding significantly between now and early next year (2019), or just sign up for its newsletter (CP staff are involved with both)

Valley Forge 2004, 2018-20
As elections approach, we can all learn a lot from our forefathers, and from a small eastern European country that had no more experience with democracy than we did…

Votes For Children
Never has a society so mortgaged the future of generations to come. It’s time to give those generations a voice—and raise democracy to new heights in the process–before it’s too late…

Creative Politics synthesizes the best of liberal and conservative ideals with technology and history to generate policies, strategies, applications, and actions for the post-modern era that are well outside the beltway, and well beyond just talk…