CIVICS 2030 PROJECTS

DICCE, which stands for diversity, inclusion, cultural competency, and equity, is an initiative founded out of something missing in our education system: diversity, inclusion, anti-racism, and an accurate history curriculum. DICCE will help Generation Z appreciate diversity, foster inclusion, and empower others for equitable change through specially designed training.

CU Summer Camp is a completely virtual 10-week summer program geared toward civic-minded high school students who are currently in grades 9-12 as of Spring 2020 and deeply committed to personal growth and community building.

The Gen Z Connect platform was created on Tik Tok to address the lack of conversation about the most active generation yet -- Gen Z. With over 140,000 followers on social media, Gen Z Connect provides insight on Gen Z's strengths and weaknesses, current events, strategies for success, and impact the generation is currently making in the world.

MOtary Connections strives to simplify the mail-in and absentee voting processes to allow the maximum number of people to exercise their right to vote. In Missouri, you must have a ballot notarized in order to vote by mail. MOtary's system automatically pairs users with a nearby notary to get their ballot notarized at no cost.

The Greater Good Initiative is a youth-led policy think-tank with the mission of promoting youth engagement and mobilization in the policymaking process. Their goal is to autonomously create effective, sustainable, and nonpartisan policy proposals and advocate them to legislators at the local, state, and federal levels.

Rhapsody for Youth is an organization with the goal of increasing advocacy for young people and helping students to find their voice. The organization uses political issues as discussion topics, with the hopes to educate children in not only public speaking but in leadership and critical thinking as well.

Mission Control 2030 is the voice of Civics Unplugged! It's a podcast that keeps everyone up to speed on all things Civics 2030 and highlights the amazing members of the community and how they are changing the world!

State of the Students is all about connecting students with their government and empowering them to engage in the civic process. They are a nonpartisan student-led organization that serves to bridge the gap between elected officials and their constituents, as well as to provide students with the tools they need to contact their government representatives.