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What's the economy for, anyway?

What's the economy for, anyway? is one of many learning communities at CCCE that enable undergraduates to join graduate students, faculty, and international experts to build knowledge about important questions. The focus here is on how nations organize their economies to distribute different benefits such as health, education, family support, vacation time and retirement to different groups in society.

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The Center for Communication and Civic Engagement is dedicated to understanding communication processes and media technologies that facilitate positive citizen involvement in politics and social life. CCCE is located in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, and co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science. Students and faculty at the center work together on original research, new educational programs, policy recommendations, and Web-based citizen resources. Take a look at some of our projects.

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Puget Sound Off

 

PSO youth web project wins national award

PugetSoundOff.org has won an award from the Public Technology Institute (PTI) for best web and e-government services. The award was presented at the 2009 Technology Solutions & Innovations Conference & Exposition, May 12-14, 2009 in San Diego. The CCCE has worked with the City of Seattle Department of Information Technology and the Seattle Metrocenter YMCA to develop the Puget Sound Off website, curricula, and project partnerships in the community.

This award recognizes the unique opportunity Puget Sound Off provides for online youth expression and civic engagement. PSO provides area teens with a community networking and online engagement site, together with on-the-ground training in media literacy, cause-related journalism and content development. Read more about the award >>

 
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images/slideshow1.jpg What's the economy for, anyway? What's the economy for, anyway? is one of many learning communities at CCCE that enable undergraduates to join graduate students, faculty, and international experts to build knowledge about important questions. The focus here is on how nations organize their economies to distribute different benefits such as health, education, family support, vacation time and retirement to different groups in society. projects/citizenEconomy.html
images/slideshow2.jpg The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Initiative The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Initiative is dedicated to understanding how young people are changing the ways we create, use and share information in online environments. CCCE is conducting research on how young people learn to become citizens online. projects/macArthurDML.html
images/slideshow3.jpg The Surdna Foundation Digital Media and Advocacy Initiative The Surdna Foundation Digital Media and Advocacy Initiative is supporting our work building peer-to-peer digital media skills sets for young people to use in defining issues and organizing more effective public action. projects/surdnaDigitalYouth.html
images/slideshow4.jpg Engaged Youth- Civic Learning Online Engaged Youth- Civic Learning Online is a collection of related youth engagement projects, including the MacArthur and Surdna initiatives working in concert with Becoming Citizens and Puget Sound Off. Becoming Citizens is an internship program that places University of Washington students in community youth programs to apply skills and knowledge from our digital media and advocacy initiatives. These programs also support the Seattle digital youth commons, Puget Sound Off, which local teens have helped design as an online space where they can develop public voices and act on community issues that matter to them. projects/engagedYouth.html
images/slideshow5.jpg The CCCE Citizen Roundtable The CCCE Citizen Roundtable is a regular series of issue forums featuring University of Washington Faculty and nationally recognized experts addressing contemporary topics from U.S. foreign policy to the role of religion in politics. The Roundtable now has more than 130 community members who participate in these discussions. projects/citizenRoundtable.html