FPN Civic Engagement Member Network

Join fellow FPN members in the Civic Engagement Member Network for a presentation by experts from Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement (PACE) on their Civic Language Perceptions project.

PACE’s Civic Language Perceptions Project seeks to understand peoples’ perceptions of the language associated with civic engagement and democracy work. The words Americans use to describe our civic values, ideals, and practices are also the words we use to connect, share, and co-create our community and national future. What can we know about how aligned we are on our language choices related to our civic lives? Perhaps a more important concern underlies this question: Are we talking past each other about values we think we share? PACE started exploring civic language over 5 years ago. Since then, the world has changed, the need to understand has grown, and the questions about what we do have become more urgent.