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 Public Achievement, a partnership between the National Center for
Democracy and Heartland Foundation, is a youth civic engagement
initiative focused on educating young people on the most basic concepts
of citizenship, democracy and public work. Public Achievement draws
on the talents and desires of ordinary people to build a better
world. The work is anchored on a few core ideas:
- Everybody can do citizen work
- Citizenship isn't easy, but you can accomplish extraordinary
things when you work hard
- We learn by doing
Some of the Public Achievement projects have included building
a neighborhood park, working to pass a county capital improvement
tax, and creating a public awareness campaign to prevent teen pregnancy.
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