Case Studies
CCR is solving problems and building capacity across a wide variety of civic and service sectors. Click on a case study to learn about the needs of our partners and how we have helped.
CCR is solving problems and building capacity across a wide variety of civic and service sectors. Click on a case study to learn about the needs of our partners and how we have helped.
The Center for Civic Reflection partnered with the New Hampshire Humanities Council (NHHC) on its Fences & Neighbors initiative on immigration, which was funded by a $225,000 grant from the…
See what CCR did to helpService & VolunteerismState Service Commissions & National Service
Civic EngagementRetention and SustainabilitySkill-Building
In the year 2011-2012, the Center for Civic Reflection led a 6-session civic reflection discussion series with approximately 26 AmeriCorps Project YES! members. The discussion series was part of Meaning…
Read MoreEducationHigher EducationTeachers' Inquiry Project
As part of the Teachers’ Inquiry Project, the Center for Civic Reflection hosted an open-call Civic Reflection Facilitation Training for Educators in August 2012. The two-day training familiarized…
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Community DevelopmentDialogue Across DifferencesSkill-Building
After a successful facilitation training in 2009, the Chicago Cultural Alliance and its core members (museums and cultural centers across the city) saw the potential of civic reflection to engage their…
Read MoreCivic EngagementCommunity Development
A 6-12 member covenant group from the Unitarian Church of Evanston gathered once or twice a month to hold civic reflection discussions about questions relating to the seven Unitarian Universalist principles.…
Read MoreCivic EngagementDialogue Across DifferencesLeadership DevelopmentSkill-Building
In 2010-2012, with support from the McCormick Foundation, the Center for Civic Reflection partnered with Illinois Campus Compact to develop faculty and students’ skills as discussion facilitators,…
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