Events
The Center for Communication and Civic Engagement will host a two-day conference and site visit at University of Washington in Seattle, WA.
Participants in the conference will include the project team, along with advisors, partners, UW faculty, teens involved with Becoming Citizens and Puget Sound Off, and special guests. Members of the PSO youth management team will showcase pugetsoudoff.org. Students from Becoming Citizens will demonstrate digital media advocacy training. Presentations and discussions will focus on project research and digital advocacy skill development. Advisors and project team members will join in a series of roundtable and panel discussions. Topics include:
- Civic learning on and offline
- Public voice and digital advocacy: essentials and strategies
- Project sustainability: youth governance, partnerships, library access
- Review and discuss pugetsoundoff.org
The conference outcomes will be captured in a final report to be published by end of 2008 year.
Click here for the draft agenda
For more information please email gilminer at u.washington.edu
