MISSION
Teach Americans, especially young Americans, how to be effective citizens.
BELIEFS
Americans need a broader view of citizenship - it goes well beyond voting, jury duty, and community service. (more)
Effective citizens do simple, yet powerful, things - citizen actions - on a daily basis that keep our country strong, vital and free.
FOCUS
Also see citizen actions by grade level.
President Kennedy recognized this need for more citizen involvement in his 1961 Inaugural address admonition:
In some small, yet important way, Good Citizen's mission is a response to his plea.