Civic Education Project: service learning field studies for oustanding middle and high school students
CTD's Civic Education Project
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Civic Education Project

An award-winning leadership and citizenship program based at Northwestern University's Center for Talent Development, the Civic Education Project (CEP) combines traditional education and community service to promote civic responsibility among young people.

Through its CivicWeek, Civic Leadership Institute, and CivicAction programs, CEP has been training and inspiring students to become active, engaged citizens for the past 10 years.

If you’re in search of rigorous academic challenges, exceptional service experiences, and opportunities to explore a city with new and lasting friends, consider CEP. If you’re ready to change the world – and be changed in the process – apply today.

Civic Week Civic Week
Engages diverse groups of bright, motivated students in grades 9-12 through intense, weeklong service-learning immersion experiences in dynamic communities around the country
 Civic Leadership Institute Civic Leadership Institute
Challenges outstanding students in grades 10-12 through an innovative, three-week summer service-learning curriculum in the heart of one of the nation's great cities
 Youth & Society Honors Youth & Society Honors
Prepares student leaders in grades 7-9 through programs such as Taking Action: Leadership & Service, a three-week summer program at a world-class university integrating academic study and meaningful community service



 
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  • CivicWeek: San Francisco - Hunger & Homelessness
    March 14 - March 20


  • CivicWeek: New York - Law & Social Justice
    March 21 - March 27


  • CivicWeek: Chicago - Public Health
    March 28 - April 3


  • CivicWeek: Washington, DC - Politics & Urban Poverty
    March 28 - April 3