GC Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT 2011

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Generation Citizen’s mission is to empower historically under-represented youth to become active participants in the democratic process. To fulfill our mission, GC partners college volunteers with teachers to facilitate “Action Civics” classes in low-income secondary schools.

ABOUT GENERATION CITIZEN

Students at Hope High School identify the three branches of government

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Generation Citizen’s work is based upon the

prinicpals of action civics where Youth voice

is encouraged, valued and incorporated to

the fullest extent possible.

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Providence students vote for the Student Choice Award at Rhode Island Civics Day

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mary Vascellaro Chair, Community Volunteer in Education and the Arts

Edwin Cohen Carlin Ventures

Alan Harlam Director of Social Entrepre-neurship, Brown University

Louise Langheier Davis CEO, Peer Health Exchange

Katie Pakenham New Profit, Inc.

Gwenn Snider Winnetu Resort

Timothy R. Bowers Attorney, K&L Gates

Scott Warren, Generation Citizen

CONTACT INFORMATIONBoston: 89 South StBoston, MA, 02111

NYC: 373 Park Ave SouthNew York, NY, 10016

DEAR FRIENDSIn Generation Citizen, civics is the best class at school. The word “civics” often has quite negative connotations. People think of it as the boring subject in school, where students learn how a bill becomes a law, and take a test about it. Generation Citizen, however, thinks that this subject can be the most exciting at school. A real world lab. Where action meets civics.

And there may be no more important time for the subject than now. As the country gets ready for a pivotal 2012 election, politics is all around us. What should we do about our economy? Our health care costs? Our schools? We need all citizens, Republican, Democrat, or none of the above to participate on these issues.

But most importantly, we need our young people to be involved. Even if our national politics can be difficult to take in, I can tell you that there is nothing like the power of seeing a young person engaged in our democracy for the first time. This happens every day in a Generation Citizen classroom.

In Boston, our students met with local city council people about getting a teen center built. In Rhode Island, our students convinced their State Representative to introduce a bill on hunger, and then testified in front of the legislature. In New York City, our students partnered with local police officers to enact a gang prevention program.

As a student at Jonas Bronck Academy in New York City said, ““I love GC because they listen to us. We have a voice!” Thank you for your continued support as we grow. Together we will put the action in “Action Civics.”

Scott Warren

Executive Director

Scott WarrenwExecutive Director

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Students present their issues to judges at Civics Days

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GENERATION CITIZEN AT A GLANCE

IN THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR, WE WILL WORK WITH:

35 SCHOOLS

160 CLASSROOMS

OVER 4000 STUDENTS

OVER 250 COLLEGE MENTORS

OVER 90 CLASSROOM TEACHERS

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PROVIDENCE, RI48 College Mentors in12 schools reaching750 students

BOSTON, MA104 College Mentors in18 schools reaching1,675 students

NEW YORK, NY100 College Mentors in15 schools reaching1,575 students

PROGRAM BY LOCATION

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Students in Providence, RI present to Education Commissioner Deborah Gist

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GENERATION CITIZEN STUDENTS IN ACTION

This past year, 4,000 students engaged in our Action Civics curriculum.

Hope High School

Providence, RI:

Student at Hope High chose to combat the issue of

hunger in Rhode Island. They held a food drive that

brought in a half-ton of food and conducted a school

survey and found that hunger touched more of their

fellow students than they had realized. They then

convinced their State Representative to introduce

legislation which would allow residents to designate

a portion of any state income-tax refund to the Rhode

Island Community Food Bank. The students testified on

its behalf.

Their efforts were featured in the Providence Journal

by columnist Bob Kerr, who noted: “It’s a small thing

in the grand political scheme. But what Hope students

and their teacher and their mentors have done is show

that no matter what challenges a school is facing in the

mad economic crunch, there will always be a place for

the excitement of new ways of learning and making a

difference to take hold.”

GENERATION CITIZEN STUDENTS IN ACTION

Malden High School

Malden, MA:

Residents of Malden have to pay for specific trash

bags on top of there taxes to throw away waste through

the Department of Public Works. Students and their

families were angered by this. So the class met with

Ron Zanazzo, the Director of Solid Waste in Malden.

Ron told the class how this program (Pay as you Throw)

helped to reduce waste by 50%. He said that although

he is out on the streets trying to educate residents

everyday, most of the time he cannot communicate

with them because they don’t speak English. The class

made informational flyers in different languages for

Ron to use and requested funding from an Earth Day

technology recycling event for recycling bins at

Malden High.

SOME EXAMPLES OF OUR ACTION INCLUDE:

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In the Fall of 2009, Evelyn Nimaja, a junior at Central High School, was a student in a GC class. In the Fall of 2011, she became a GC Mentor…as a freshman at Brown University.

Towards the end of my junior year, I was involved with

the GC program and was criticized by my classmates for

trying to be involved in an area that was not “suitable”

for someone like me. For a whiale I believed everything

my classmates had said but it wasn’t until I talked to my

GC mentor that I truly began to accept the reality of it

all. I have the power and ability to make a difference in

my society and greater community. Coming from an ur-

ban, low-ranking, and under-performing school, GC gave

me the skills and confidence to approach any situation

with an open-mind and knowledge that my voice truly

matters.

EMMA ANSELIN’S STORY

GC has been one of the most important experiences of

my college career. It has allowed me to truly make a

difference in the lives and perspectives of students. I

have witnessed the amazing things that students can

achieve with the faith and guidance of their mentors.

GC has also given me the opportunity be part of a

community of amazing and driven Brown students, and

to explore my own passions. GC has instilled in me the

importance of empowering students to pursue their

aspirations.

EVELYN NIMAJA’S STORY

MENTOR PROFILES

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We lead students to make change in theircommunities by partnering trained collegevolunteers with secondary school teachersto implement an “action civics” curriculum.”

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EVELYN

EMMA

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GENERATION CITIZEN’S FUTURE

Generation Citizen has just

begun a comprehensive

and ambitious five-year

growth plan. In five years,

we will be working with

20,000 students per year,

at a budget of over $1

million. We need your

support to help us become

the truly transformational

organization we know we

can become.

PHASE 1: STRENGTHENING SYSTEMS (2011)

PHASE 2: BUILDING

CAPACITY (2012)

PHASE 3: EXPANSION

(2012-2015)

IMPACT 4,000 students 7,500 students 20,000 students

ANNUAL BUDGET

$350,000 $500,000 $1,000,000

BENCHMARKExpand to six full

time staff membersHire Site Directors in NYC & Boston

Expand to 1 new site each year

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OUR SUPPORTERS

$10,000+: AMBASSADOR Echoing Green Foundation

Blessing Way Foundation

Libby Heimark

Mary and Jerome Vascellaro

Technology Underwriting

Greater Good (TUGG)

Fidelity Investments

Silerman Family Foundation

The Rhode Island Foundation

Rita Allen Foundation

$1,000-$9,999:

FOUNDING SUPPORTER

Layla Amjadi

The Boston Foundation

Foley Hoag Foundation

Laura Fisher

John NatoliThe Boston

Foundation

Maurine Heard

Malden School District

Edward & Kathleen

McKinley

Eleanore Nissley

James O’Keefe

Gwenn & Mark Snider

Jack and Susy Wadsworth

Stephanie Morimoto &

Matthew King

$500-$999

Judi Burson

Dexter Donation

ProvidenceMayor’s Office

Corey Mailette

Katie Pakenham

The Sutcliffe Family

Jesse Steinberg

UP TO $499

Onesimo Almeida

Barbara and Brian Andes

Corrine Augustine

John Bagwell

Douglas Brown

Jill Carlson

Marlene Feil

David Flink

Charles Harding

Alan Harlam

Kaitlin Hassler

Ned Hazen

Abigail Hein

Jefferey Henriques

Laura Henriques

Patrice Hutton

Sejal Jhaveri

Catherine Kelleher

William Kimzey

Virginia Klun

Louise Langheier

Aleta Margolis

David Mauer

Nina McMurry

Diane and Kevin McMurry

Michael & Susan Millenson

Chris and Kathy Mills

Joshua Portnof

Andrew Sandler

Matt Schiller

Mark Sloan

Emma Sloan

Laurel Stolte

Jessica Warren

Jeanine Willig

Al & Nancy Wright

Students from Central High in Providence wish you all a Happy Holidays

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FINANCIAL SUMMARY

STATEMENT OF ACITIVITESFISCAL YEAR: JUNE 1, 2010, JUNE 30, 2011

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Individuals $72,631.84

Foundations $122,744.32

Corporate $20,000

Earned Income (Schools) $12,550

TOTAL DONATIONS $227,926.16

EXPENSES

Program Services $130,016.12

General Operating Expenses $54,424.83

Fundraising $1,575.54

TOTAL EXPENSES $186,006.49

Increase in Net Assets $49,919.67

Net Assets, Beginning of Year $27,354.38

NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $69,274.05

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STATEMENT OF ACITIVITESFISCAL YEAR: JUNE 1, 2010, JUNE 30, 2011

SUPPORT AND REVENUE

Individuals $72,631.84

Foundations $122,744.32

Corporate $20,000

Earned Income (Schools) $12,550

TOTAL DONATIONS $227,926.16

EXPENSES

Program Services $130,016.12

General Operating Expenses $54,424.83

Fundraising $1,575.54

TOTAL EXPENSES $186,006.49

Increase in Net Assets $49,919.67

Net Assets, Beginning of Year $27,354.38

NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR $69,274.05