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The Law, Youth  and Citizenship Program administers several nationally renowned civic education programs, as well as sponsoring many local and regional civic education events. LYC also works with New York teachers and school districts to offer no-cost professional development in the areas of civic and law-related education. The LYC program also offers many no and low-cost publications to teachers, as well as rich online resources for classroom teachers.

The We the People programs are sponsored nationally by the Center for Civic Education and in New York State by the LYC Program. The programs are intended to improve knowledge, skills and civic attitudes in our representative democracy.

LYC is the New York State administrator for the Congressionally-funded We the People Program and Project Citizen Program.


New! Sandra Day O'Connor, Associate Justice (retired), United States Supreme Court, Wins State Bar's Gold Medal

The Gold Medal award is the highest recognition given by the State Bar to a lawyer or judge. Justice O'Connor discusses the need for civic education in this video of her acceptance speech.

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Gold Medal—President Kathryn Grant Madigan presented retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor with the 2008 Gold Medal award at the Sandra Day O’Connor United States Courthouse in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Project Citizen . . .

2008 New York State Showcase
PS 122Q Portfolio Moves on to National Exhibit

The Decline of Bees

HIV awareness, photo manipulation and the decline of bees were just a few of the topics on display at the 2008 Project Citizen NY State Showcase. Sponsored by the Association’s Law, Youth & Citizenship program, the event held at the Empire State Plaza in Albany on June 4 attracted many students and admirers walking through the Plaza Concourse more . . .


 We the People ....

2008 We the People New York State Tournament
Long Island high school wins its 13th state title since 1988

Half Hollow Hills 2008

Half Hollow Hills High School East, Dix Hills, won the 2008 New York State We the People: the Citizen and Constitution competition, held at the Desmond Conference Center in Albany on March 8th. Resulting from their victory, Half Hollow Hills students will compete in the We the People National Finals in Arlington, VA, from May 3 to 5.
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Project Citizen  . . .

We the People: Project Citizen is a curricular program for middle grade, high school and post-secondary students that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps young people learn how to monitor and influence public policy. In the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy. more . . .


Mock Election

The Youth Leadership Initiative is a nonprofit organization based at the University of Virginia Center for Politics that specializes in offering civics educators free materials. Its database currently houses over 70 civics-related lesson plans. To all newly registered teachers, it offers a campaign simulation CD-ROM called “A More Perfect Union” in which students run a fictitious senate race. An interactive congressional simulation called e-Congress also allows students to draft legislative bills and review bills from other students throughout the country. One of its featured programs is the YLI Mock Election. The YLI Mock Election is the largest student-only online mock election in the nation. For two weeks each fall, students can cast votes for all federal races approved by their state’s board of elections. Each ballot is tailored to the student’s congressional district.  more . . .