The 2020 Civvys are here!
In its fourth year (and what a year!) the American Civic Collaboration Awards will continue to highlight outstanding initiatives working to collaborate across divides at the national, local and youth levels. In light of the events of this year that have gripped our nation - from the spread of a deadly virus to the murder of George Floyd to a highly polarized election season - the 2020 Civvys Awards will focus more pointedly on those efforts at the national, local and youth levels that work toward greater equity, diversity and inclusion.
UPDATE: Dec. 1, 2020. We received a record number of nominees for 2020! Please view the list here.
An esteemed panel of civic leaders will review the submissions to designate finalists and winners. The 2020 Civvys Winners will be announced in a livestreamed, virtual ceremony in March 2021.
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Read on for more about our criteria and review committee.
Award Categories and Criteria
The Civvys celebrate best practices in civic collaboration that put community and nation before party, ideology and narrow interests.
Since its inaugural year, the Civvys have highlighted outstanding efforts of civic collaboration making impacts in National, Local and Youth communities.
Award Categories
National: These projects are nationwide in scope and audience.
Local: These projects are designed to serve a local, state or regional community.
Youth: These projects have a focus on children, teenagers or young adults.
Criteria
We are looking for a range of projects, programs and people that use civic collaboration best practices to achieve real results in facilitating dialogue, enabling cross-partisan action, or putting civility and community above ideology. Here are our core criteria:
Collaborative practices. To what extent does this work use civic collaboration best practices to achieve results? What groups, expertise or areas are they bringing together afresh?
Impact. Who has this work had an impact on, and in what ways?
Scalability. Is this work something that can easily be expanded to have a greater impact? Is it something that can appeal across geographic regions, or be used to effect change in other civics topics or challenges?
Equity and Inclusion: Does this initiative make strides toward creating a more just, equitable and inclusive America?
In addition, the Civvys celebrates programs and people that:
Engages a representative and diverse set of stakeholders
Cultivates civility and mutual respect
Creates meaningful shared goals for those involved, using the process of co-creation
Provides effective facilitation and supports dialogue throughout the process
Develops or utilizes metrics to measure outcomes
Review Committee
The Civvys brings together a panel of distinguished reviewers, including several who have served as Civvys judges for multiple years, and those who were award winners in prior years. We are grateful for the involvement of this dedicated group, and the Civvys would truly not be possible without them lending their time and talents.
Betsy Wright Hawkings | Article One Advisors
Rob Stein | Democracy Alliance
David Nevins | Bridge Alliance
Katherine Gehl | Institute for Political Innovation
Reginald Darby | Millennial Action Project
Brandon Whitney | ioby, 2019 National Winner
Kahlil (KB) Byrd | InvestAmerica
Manu Meel | BridgeUSA
Craig Freshley | Make Shift Coffee House, 2019 Committee’s Choice Winner
Neal Simon | Unite America, Bipartisan Policy Center
Rev. Dr. F. Willis Johnson, Jr.. | Bridge Alliance
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Crespin-Palmer | RISE Colorado, 2019 Local Winner
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