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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

September 21, 2022

Your Vote in Local Elections Has a Big Impact

Historically, around 60% of eligible voters go to the polls during a presidential election year. That number falls to 40% or less during midterm...

September 16, 2022

Civic Engagement in Action: Julia Brandenstein reflects on 2022 Civic Engagement Fellowship program

What makes the Up to Us community special is the steadfast commitment of our students and alumni to civic engagement and using their careers to make...

August 18, 2022

Regeneration and Civic Engagement: the Student Guide to Getting Civically Engaged in Summer 2022 and Beyond

Every ten years, states redraw voting district lines. Redistricting has already taken place based on the results of the 2020 U.S. Census, but the...

May 24, 2022

Up to Us Alumni Board Spotlight: Heba Saleh

For ten years, Up to Us has helped paved the way for a more sustainable, inclusive economic and fiscal future. Our community is filled with driven...

May 11, 2022

The Current Student Loan Crisis and its Implications on the US Economy

We have all seen the memes comparing what our parents’ generation was able to do with their money in their mid-20s versus what we can do with our...

April 27, 2022

The Impact of Fiscal Policy on the US Education System, Preschool to College

Many of us have that “First Day of Kindergarten” snap from our parents tucked away somewhere in a scrapbook. For children in the United States, this...

April 17, 2022

Where Do Your Taxes Go?

April is tax season and that means it’s time to get to know how your tax dollars are spent. Our tax dollars are used in a variety of ways to fund...

April 1, 2022

How Up to Us Alumnus Wainright Acquoi is Changing the Education System in Liberia

Up to Us Alumnus Wainright Acquoi is on a mission to make a difference and bring change to the education system in his home country of Liberia. Over...

February 3, 2022

Up to Us Alumni Board Spotlight: Jhon Diaz

For ten years, Up to Us has helped paved the way for a more sustainable, inclusive economic and fiscal future. Our community is filled with driven...

February 3, 2022

Up to Us Teams Up with Net Impact to Discuss The Reunited States

In the fall of 2021, Up to Us collaborated with Net Impact to launch a new film screening program designed to create a space for the exploration of...

January 14, 2022

Celebrating MLK Day: A Day of Service and Action

“Everybody can be great, because everybody can serve.” On January 17, Up to Us and Net Impact join in commemorating the life of Dr. Martin Luther...

December 21, 2021

What is the Debt Ceiling and its Effects

Every now and then, the news cycle is consumed by talk of the debt ceiling and the crisis that the country is headed for if it's not raised. Read on...