The Civics Education Advocacy & Awareness Committee works to promote the recommendations in the Club's 2012 report: Educating Citizens: A City Club Report on Improving Civics Education in Portland's High Schools (PDF); executive summary (PDF) also available. Key recommendations in the report include implementing a civic engagement partnership pilot project to encourage active citizenship among high school youth through partnerships between schools and the community.

Civics Education Advocacy Committee

  • Jan Christensen, Chair
  • Aukeem Ballard
  • Jim Gorter
  • Steve Griffith
  • Krystine McCants
  • Roger Meyer
  • Colleen Shoemaker
  • Rob Wagner
  • Don Williams