November Exchange

November 2025 Exchange Amanda Ebokosia On Wednesday, November 19th, Amanda Ebokosia, CEO/Founder, The Gem Project and CivicsNJ Steering Committee member, Jennymarie Idrobo, Program Associate, The Gem Project and Fatoumata Bah, High School Fellow, The Gem Project shared their deep insight around Authentic Youth Civic Engagement. The Gem Project seeks to decrease barriers to entry in civic […]

October Exchange

October 2025 Exchange Andrea Benites (left) & Shawn Healy (right) Shawn Healy, Chief Policy and Advocacy Advisor at iCivics and Andrea Benites, State Policy Lead, Mid-Atlantic Region at iCivics, led an interactive discussion where they shared not only a national perspective of civic learning and engagement, but also where New Jersey sits in comparison to other states. iCivics is […]

September Exchange

September 2025 Exchange Dr. Beth Rubin On September 17th, 2025, CivicsNJ and Steering Committee member, Dr. Beth Rubin, hosted the monthly Exchange, Citizens of the Now: Supporting Youth Centered Civic Learning in the Classroom with YPAR. Dr. Rubin and her panelists, Leslie Calabrese, Tristian Cox, Amelia Irizarry, Orion Nolan, Lauren Opelia and Noa Ovadia, shared their […]

August Exchange

August 2025 Exchange Ginger Gold Schnitzer On August 20, 2025, Ginger Gold Schnitzer of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University, and her distinguished guests, Haley Tam, Aide to First Lady Tammy Murphy, and Jersey City Council President Joyce Watterman, led an engaging and inspiring Exchange. The discussion, Ready for the Room: Helping Students, Activists, and […]

July Exchange

July 2025 Exchange On July 23, 2025, CivicsNJ hosted the first CivicsNJ Exchange. Exchanges are a monthly series of informational webinars where participants learn more about civics in New Jersey. In July, participants learned about the diverse ways America@250 will be recognized at the local and state levels. The event was hosted by Justin Kiczek, […]

CivicsNJ Launch Celebration

CivicsNJ Launch Celebration An enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Newark Museum of Art to celebrate the official launch of CivicsNJ, the new non-partisan coalition of dedicated to advancing civic learning and engagement in the Garden State. More than 150 students, teachers, nonprofit and communityleaders, parents and funders filled Engelhard Court and the excitement was palpable. […]