Many people have asked us what it means and what it looks like to invest in civic engagement. If you think of the civic engagement field as a big house, it’s easy to visualize the way funders and practitioners work together to create a larger whole, and how each piece interacts with the others. At … Read more about The House that Civic Engagement Built
Recommendations for Exploring Civic Learning as a Pathway to Equity and Opportunity
2017 PACE Annual Reflection
PACE Welcomes 3 New Board Members and 2018 Officer Slate
PACE is pleased to announce the appointment of three new members to our Board of Directors: Pam Lewis, Director of the New Economy Initiative; C. Douglas Smith, Vice President of the Montpelier Foundation; and Paul Waters, Senior Associate at the Democracy Fund. They commenced 3-year terms on … Read more about PACE Welcomes 3 New Board Members and 2018 Officer Slate
PACE feature on Local Radio Show
Kristen Cambell, PACE Executive Director, was featured on Grace in 30, a local radio show. The conversation covered recent national events that have inspired civic engagement and community action across the country, along with PACE's commitment to this work in these tumultuous times, and Kristen's … Read more about PACE feature on Local Radio Show
The Civic Learning Primer
PACE Members Respond to Charlottesville
The white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, its violent clash with counter-protesters, and the ensuing response from the presidential administration, have sparked heated coverage and debates that have repercussions for communities and civil society. Many in the field of philanthropy have … Read more about PACE Members Respond to Charlottesville
A Gift-Wrapped Call to Action: How Will Philanthropy Respond?
This post also appeared as an update on PACE's Medium publication. “This moment” is a catch-all term many of us in philanthropy, the nonprofit world, and beyond have begun to use to refer to the daunting mix of political and social division, conflict, and upheaval our country is experiencing. At … Read more about A Gift-Wrapped Call to Action: How Will Philanthropy Respond?
Our Commitment to the Field: 2017 and Beyond
At the start of 2017, we reached out to our members and the field with the recognition that our country and its citizens were facing a spectrum of challenges, and outlined our commitment to take active leadership around three strategic issue areas: health & safety, bridging divides, and civic … Read more about Our Commitment to the Field: 2017 and Beyond
The Civic Engagement Field is a House
by Adiel Suarez-Murias, PACE's Communications & Marketing Director This post followed a panel event by Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy and was featured on EPIP's blog. The piece also appeared as an update on PACE's Medium publication When I applied for my role at PACE in … Read more about The Civic Engagement Field is a House
An interview with PACE on “100 Days For Good”
PACE's Executive Director, Kristen Cambell, was featured on 100 Days for Good, Independent Sector's weekly podcast. Click below to check out the interview. http://independentsector.org/news-post/100-days-good-s2e2/ … Read more about An interview with PACE on “100 Days For Good”
PACE feature in Inside Philanthropy
Philanthropy in the United States has long been concerned with democracy: how to protect it, understand it and make it work better. Whether or not American democracy is truly “under threat” these days, funders in this space are feeling the urgency of the moment. In a recent piece, we profiled the … Read more about PACE feature in Inside Philanthropy