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Project Pericles is a not-for-profit organization that encourages and facilitates commitments by colleges and universities to include education for social responsibility and participatory citizenship as an essential part of their educational programs, in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community.

This learning experience is intended to provide students with a foundation for social and civic involvement and a conviction that democratic institutions and processes offer each person the best opportunity to improve the condition of society.

Recent News

Periclean Faculty Leadership Program Launches

    Project Pericles is launching the Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL) Program, a new program that builds on the success of the Civic Engagement Course (CEC) Program™. Periclean Faculty Leaders will create new civic engagement courses, organize campus-wide civic engagement activities, and serve as advocates and leaders for civic engagement at their colleges and universities. The faculty who will be selected in April 2010 will be the first cohort of a continuing program. The program received generous support from The Teagle Foundation and the Eugene M. Lang Foundation.

2010 Debating for Democracy National Conference

    On April 8 and 9, 2010, Project Pericles will host the 2010 Debating for Democracy (D4D) National Conference in New York City for student leaders from Periclean colleges and universities. They will be joined by our Board and Advisory Board members as well as political, education, foundation, and community leaders. The conference will consist of workshops, keynote addresses, panel discussions, and legislative hearings. The conference will be hosted by The New School. Learn more.

Project Pericles White Paper Shares Strategies for Incorporating Civic Engagement in the Classroom

    The Project Pericles Civic Engagement Course (CEC) Program™ White Paper, “Civic Engagement in the Classroom: Strategies for Incorporating Education for Civic and Social Responsibility in the Undergraduate Curriculum,” is now available online.

    The White Paper shares the learnings from Project Pericles’ signature CEC program, which since 2004 has awarded more than 100 matching grants to Periclean faculty members to develop and teach innovative courses that address issues of social concern across disciplines in the fine arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. The White Paper, based on an analysis of the CEC courses from 2007 to 2009, includes a description of the knowledge gained from the CEC program and guidance on transferability to other institutions and disciplines; Best Practices that can be applied on a wide range of campuses; and an extensive bibliography.

    This program received generous support from the Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation, The Teagle Foundation, and the Eugene M. Lang Foundation.

    - More about the CEC program
    - Funded courses from 2007 to 2009, with descriptions and syllabi

Periclean Students "Debate for Democracy" in Washington, DC

    Berea College student Beth Coleman (left) and Carol Browner, Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change in the Obama Administration, met in May 2009 to discuss mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. Beth utilized a grant from Project Pericles to fund her trip to Washington to meet Ms. Browner and other environmental leaders. To read about her exciting journey from the Debating to Democracy National Event in New York in 2008 to the corridors of power in Washington, DC in 2009, click here.