Common Ground for America
Americans with deep ties to their immigrant heritage embrace the core values of democracy, diversity, and respect that motivated them or their ancestors to come to the United States in the first place.
To rekindle these values among ethnic groups and rebuild the connections that unite us as Americans, Civica Initiatives is launching Common Ground for America, a new non-partisan voter education initiative.
The Challenges.
The United States is fracturing around cultural, economic, and political fault lines. Some believe our increasingly multi-ethnic society is the cause of this fracture.
We know, however, that Americans with a deep tie to their immigrant heritage continue to embrace the core values that make this the Land of Opportunity.
Those values and our shared immigrant story strengthen the common ground on which we stand as a nation.
The Solution.
Civica Initiatives is working with ethnic leaders to:
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Develop materials and messaging tailored to communities.
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Link core values to policies and behavior, including respect for differences, civility in politics, protection of voting rights, and continued global leadership in the fight for democracy.
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Enable ethnic leaders to communicate with their community members through gatherings and social media.
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Promote the importance of ethnic Americans factoring in those values when voting.
To learn more, contact us at connecting@civicainitiatives.org.
Advisory Committee
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Martin Dunleavy
Irish-American Calendar Clerk at Connecticut State Senate
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Maureen Pikarski
Polish-American Real Estate Tax Attorney at Gordan and Pikarski
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James Rosapepe
Italian-American Maryland State Senator
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Max Teleki
Hungarian-American President Emeritus of the Hungarian American Coalition
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Nevena Trajkov, Ph.D., MBA
Macedonian-American Professor and Chair of Political Science at Jacksonville University
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Jim Zogby
Arab-American Founder and president of the Arab American Institute