Recent Update – April 4, 2024
Welcome! We are very excited to announce that we have launched our new website for the Project for Civic Health! This website stores all the information you need to know about us and our project, including:
- Project Overview
- Our Team
- The Summit
- Project Reports
- Mentions in the News
- Other Local Organizations
- How to Contact Us
We encourage you all to keep in touch with us and learn more about this effort. We intend to use the website as a way to connect with folks who care about civic health as much as we do.
If you are passionate about improving civic health in our state, please do not hesitate to contact us or even invite us to your events or meetings! We are always happy to meet new people and have a discussion about how we can restore civic discourse among us – together.
About the Project for Civic Health
The project is a collaboration of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, the University of Washington Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, the Henry M. Jackson Foundation, and The William D. Ruckelshaus Center. The partnership was formed on a shared premise of concern for our democracy’s civic health.
Last year, the Office of the Lieutenant Governor convened a series of roundtable discussions in communities across the state with a diverse set of stakeholders to explore the nature of the problem, its causes, and possible solutions. A report entitled Common Ground for the Common Good distills those conversations.
On October 19, the partners held a day-long summit in which over 150 participants engaged in discussions sparked by Common Ground for the Common Good and made recommendations for sustained action to improve our civic health in the State of Washington. These recommendations can be read through the Civic Health Summit Proceedings report.