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January 28, 2021

What's Your Civic Engagement Personality?

Our generation is becoming more passionate about civic engagement. Why? Because we understand that to create a sustainable and equitable society, we...

November 17, 2020

Get Heard: How to Contact your Elected Officials?

While contacting your elected officials has become a much more modern and tech...

January 11, 2021

Framework for Your Career Search

Your job search is a combination of: Learning, Looking, Researching, Reaching...

November 6, 2020

Fiscal Policy: An introduction to the U.S Fiscal Policy

March 5, 2020

10 Ways to Practice Civic Engagement From Home

November 6, 2020

US Deficit: Understanding the US Federal Deficit

November 12, 2020

6 Charts Explaining Our National Debt | Pandemic Update

July 19, 2021

Meet the 2021 Up to Us Civic Engagement Fellows

At the end of each academic year, Up to Us invites current participants and alumni from our national Campus Competition to apply for our Civic...

July 13, 2021

Northwestern University’s Fall 2020 Up to Us Team wins 2021 Wildcat Impact Award

We are excited to announce that the Fall 2020 Up to Us team from Northwestern University was recently awarded Northwestern’s Wildcat Impact Award...

June 17, 2021

A Comprehensive Guide to Understanding Universal Health Care in the US

At its simplest, the universal health care definition is any action that a government can take to provide health care to as many of its people as...

June 17, 2021

Civic Personalities in the Real World: Evan Malbrough

Civic Personalities in the Real World: In this series, we’re highlighting some of our amazing Up to Us alumni who are actively using their skills...

June 14, 2021

Podcasting with Up to Us Alumni: Sahej Verma

Podcasting with Up to Us Alumni: Sahej Verma This spring, we challenged Up to Us alumni to tell us about an issue that matters to them and then...

June 14, 2021

Podcasting with Up to Us Alumni: Amy Drake

This spring, we challenged Up to Us alumni to tell us about an issue that matters to them and then create a podcast about it. In partnership with...

June 14, 2021

Podcasting with Up to Us Alumni: Cathleen Jeanty

This spring, we challenged Up to Us alumni to tell us about an issue that matters to them and then create a podcast about it. In partnership with...

June 11, 2021

Baruch College Wins Ninth Annual Up to Us Competition

Baruch College in New York City is this year’s winning team of the ninth annual Up to Us Campus Competition. The team, led by Nayancie Matthews, ‘22...

June 7, 2021

Up to Us Alumni Take On Podcasting With a Unique Scholarship Experience

Up to Us Alumni Step Up To The Mic Storytelling is one of the most effective ways to share your aspirations, perspectives, and to talk about the...

June 3, 2021

A Guide to Understanding Universal Basic Income

The pandemic has highlighted the shortcomings of our current welfare system. The government responded by passing stimulus packages, but long-term...

May 20, 2021

Civic Personalities in the Real World: Shelby Lynch

Civic Personalities in the Real World: In this series, we’re highlighting some of our amazing Up to Us alumni who are actively using their skills...

April 5, 2021

The Interview Process

The typical interview process begins with a short (15 - 30 minute) screening phone or zoom call. Should you get through the screen, you will have at...