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ANNUAL REPORT 2011
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Generation Citizen’s mission is to empower historically under-represented youth to become active participants in the democratic process. To fulfill our mission, GC partners college volunteers with teachers to facilitate “Action Civics” classes in low-income secondary schools.
ABOUT GENERATION CITIZEN
Students at Hope High School identify the three branches of government
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Generation Citizen’s work is based upon the
prinicpals of action civics where Youth voice
is encouraged, valued and incorporated to
the fullest extent possible.
ANNUAL REPORT 2011 | 5
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Providence students vote for the Student Choice Award at Rhode Island Civics Day
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Vascellaro Chair, Community Volunteer in Education and the Arts
Edwin Cohen Carlin Ventures
Alan Harlam Director of Social Entrepre-neurship, Brown University
Louise Langheier Davis CEO, Peer Health Exchange
Katie Pakenham New Profit, Inc.
Gwenn Snider Winnetu Resort
Timothy R. Bowers Attorney, K&L Gates
Scott Warren, Generation Citizen
CONTACT INFORMATIONBoston: 89 South StBoston, MA, 02111
NYC: 373 Park Ave SouthNew York, NY, 10016
DEAR FRIENDSIn Generation Citizen, civics is the best class at school. The word “civics” often has quite negative connotations. People think of it as the boring subject in school, where students learn how a bill becomes a law, and take a test about it. Generation Citizen, however, thinks that this subject can be the most exciting at school. A real world lab. Where action meets civics.
And there may be no more important time for the subject than now. As the country gets ready for a pivotal 2012 election, politics is all around us. What should we do about our economy? Our health care costs? Our schools? We need all citizens, Republican, Democrat, or none of the above to participate on these issues.
But most importantly, we need our young people to be involved. Even if our national politics can be difficult to take in, I can tell you that there is nothing like the power of seeing a young person engaged in our democracy for the first time. This happens every day in a Generation Citizen classroom.
In Boston, our students met with local city council people about getting a teen center built. In Rhode Island, our students convinced their State Representative to introduce a bill on hunger, and then testified in front of the legislature. In New York City, our students partnered with local police officers to enact a gang prevention program.
As a student at Jonas Bronck Academy in New York City said, ““I love GC because they listen to us. We have a voice!” Thank you for your continued support as we grow. Together we will put the action in “Action Civics.”
Scott Warren
Executive Director
Scott WarrenwExecutive Director
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Students present their issues to judges at Civics Days
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GENERATION CITIZEN AT A GLANCE
IN THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR, WE WILL WORK WITH:
35 SCHOOLS
160 CLASSROOMS
OVER 4000 STUDENTS
OVER 250 COLLEGE MENTORS
OVER 90 CLASSROOM TEACHERS
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PROVIDENCE, RI48 College Mentors in12 schools reaching750 students
BOSTON, MA104 College Mentors in18 schools reaching1,675 students
NEW YORK, NY100 College Mentors in15 schools reaching1,575 students
PROGRAM BY LOCATION
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Students in Providence, RI present to Education Commissioner Deborah Gist
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GENERATION CITIZEN STUDENTS IN ACTION
This past year, 4,000 students engaged in our Action Civics curriculum.
Hope High School
Providence, RI:
Student at Hope High chose to combat the issue of
hunger in Rhode Island. They held a food drive that
brought in a half-ton of food and conducted a school
survey and found that hunger touched more of their
fellow students than they had realized. They then
convinced their State Representative to introduce
legislation which would allow residents to designate
a portion of any state income-tax refund to the Rhode
Island Community Food Bank. The students testified on
its behalf.
Their efforts were featured in the Providence Journal
by columnist Bob Kerr, who noted: “It’s a small thing
in the grand political scheme. But what Hope students
and their teacher and their mentors have done is show
that no matter what challenges a school is facing in the
mad economic crunch, there will always be a place for
the excitement of new ways of learning and making a
difference to take hold.”
GENERATION CITIZEN STUDENTS IN ACTION
Malden High School
Malden, MA:
Residents of Malden have to pay for specific trash
bags on top of there taxes to throw away waste through
the Department of Public Works. Students and their
families were angered by this. So the class met with
Ron Zanazzo, the Director of Solid Waste in Malden.
Ron told the class how this program (Pay as you Throw)
helped to reduce waste by 50%. He said that although
he is out on the streets trying to educate residents
everyday, most of the time he cannot communicate
with them because they don’t speak English. The class
made informational flyers in different languages for
Ron to use and requested funding from an Earth Day
technology recycling event for recycling bins at
Malden High.
SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR ACTION INCLUDE:
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In the Fall of 2009, Evelyn Nimaja, a junior at Central High School, was a student in a GC class. In the Fall of 2011, she became a GC Mentor…as a freshman at Brown University.
Towards the end of my junior year, I was involved with
the GC program and was criticized by my classmates for
trying to be involved in an area that was not “suitable”
for someone like me. For a whiale I believed everything
my classmates had said but it wasn’t until I talked to my
GC mentor that I truly began to accept the reality of it
all. I have the power and ability to make a difference in
my society and greater community. Coming from an ur-
ban, low-ranking, and under-performing school, GC gave
me the skills and confidence to approach any situation
with an open-mind and knowledge that my voice truly
matters.
EMMA ANSELIN’S STORY
GC has been one of the most important experiences of
my college career. It has allowed me to truly make a
difference in the lives and perspectives of students. I
have witnessed the amazing things that students can
achieve with the faith and guidance of their mentors.
GC has also given me the opportunity be part of a
community of amazing and driven Brown students, and
to explore my own passions. GC has instilled in me the
importance of empowering students to pursue their
aspirations.
EVELYN NIMAJA’S STORY
MENTOR PROFILES
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We lead students to make change in theircommunities by partnering trained collegevolunteers with secondary school teachersto implement an “action civics” curriculum.”
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EVELYN
EMMA
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GENERATION CITIZEN’S FUTURE
Generation Citizen has just
begun a comprehensive
and ambitious five-year
growth plan. In five years,
we will be working with
20,000 students per year,
at a budget of over $1
million. We need your
support to help us become
the truly transformational
organization we know we
can become.
PHASE 1: STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS (2011)
PHASE 2: BUILDING
CAPACITY (2012)
PHASE 3: EXPANSION
(2012-2015)
IMPACT 4,000 students 7,500 students 20,000 students
ANNUAL BUDGET
$350,000 $500,000 $1,000,000
BENCHMARKExpand to six full
time staff membersHire Site Directors in NYC & Boston
Expand to 1 new site each year
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OUR SUPPORTERS
$10,000+: AMBASSADOR Echoing Green Foundation
Blessing Way Foundation
Libby Heimark
Mary and Jerome Vascellaro
Technology Underwriting
Greater Good (TUGG)
Fidelity Investments
Silerman Family Foundation
The Rhode Island Foundation
Rita Allen Foundation
$1,000-$9,999:
FOUNDING SUPPORTER
Layla Amjadi
The Boston Foundation
Foley Hoag Foundation
Laura Fisher
John NatoliThe Boston
Foundation
Maurine Heard
Malden School District
Edward & Kathleen
McKinley
Eleanore Nissley
James O’Keefe
Gwenn & Mark Snider
Jack and Susy Wadsworth
Stephanie Morimoto &
Matthew King
$500-$999
Judi Burson
Dexter Donation
ProvidenceMayor’s Office
Corey Mailette
Katie Pakenham
The Sutcliffe Family
Jesse Steinberg
UP TO $499
Onesimo Almeida
Barbara and Brian Andes
Corrine Augustine
John Bagwell
Douglas Brown
Jill Carlson
Marlene Feil
David Flink
Charles Harding
Alan Harlam
Kaitlin Hassler
Ned Hazen
Abigail Hein
Jefferey Henriques
Laura Henriques
Patrice Hutton
Sejal Jhaveri
Catherine Kelleher
William Kimzey
Virginia Klun
Louise Langheier
Aleta Margolis
David Mauer
Nina McMurry
Diane and Kevin McMurry
Michael & Susan Millenson
Chris and Kathy Mills
Joshua Portnof
Andrew Sandler
Matt Schiller
Mark Sloan
Emma Sloan
Laurel Stolte
Jessica Warren
Jeanine Willig
Al & Nancy Wright
Students from Central High in Providence wish you all a Happy Holidays
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FINANCIAL SUMMARY
STATEMENT OF ACITIVITESFISCAL YEAR: JUNE 1, 2010, JUNE 30, 2011
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Individuals $72,631.84
Foundations $122,744.32
Corporate $20,000
Earned Income (Schools) $12,550
TOTAL DONATIONS $227,926.16
EXPENSES
Program Services $130,016.12
General Operating Expenses $54,424.83
Fundraising $1,575.54
TOTAL EXPENSES $186,006.49
Increase in Net Assets $49,919.67
Net Assets, Beginning of Year $27,354.38
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $69,274.05
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STATEMENT OF ACITIVITESFISCAL YEAR: JUNE 1, 2010, JUNE 30, 2011
SUPPORT AND REVENUE
Individuals $72,631.84
Foundations $122,744.32
Corporate $20,000
Earned Income (Schools) $12,550
TOTAL DONATIONS $227,926.16
EXPENSES
Program Services $130,016.12
General Operating Expenses $54,424.83
Fundraising $1,575.54
TOTAL EXPENSES $186,006.49
Increase in Net Assets $49,919.67
Net Assets, Beginning of Year $27,354.38
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $69,274.05