GenerationNation

✨ BIG NEWS! ✨ We are beyond thrilled to announce that 8 Charlotte-Mecklenburg high school student councils and SGAs have been awarded GenerationNation mini grants! 🏆🙌🏽

These student leaders are spending their spring bringing innovative project ideas to life to make a real impact in 4 key areas:

📢 STUDENT VOICE – Connecting students to school policy and decision-making.
🌸 BEAUTIFICATION – Improving and leveling up school campuses for everyone to enjoy.
🤝 COMMUNITY – Building leadership and bonds with local neighborhoods.
🛠️ PROBLEM-SOLVING– Tackling local issues like food insecurity and more.

Huge shoutout to our winning schools:
⭐ Cato Middle College
⭐ Central Piedmont Early College
⭐ East Mecklenburg
⭐ Garinger
⭐ Harding
⭐ Hawthorne
⭐ Independence
⭐ Olympic

We are so inspired by these changemakers and can’t wait to see their projects unfold over the next few weeks! Stay tuned for updates! 📸🚀

🌟 Calling youth in North Carolina! 🌟

What’s YOUR wish for the future of the Tar Heel State? What changes do you want to see? What kind of leadership inspires you? What legacy do you want to help build?

Join us for a youth-led conversation about leadership and your vision for the future. This is your space to speak up, share ideas, and connect with other young leaders who care about making a difference!

🗓 March 11
⏰ 6–7 PM
💻 Zoom
👉🏼 Sign up using QR code or link in bio

Your voice matters. Your ideas matter. The future starts with YOU.

Excited to welcome UNC School of Civic Life and Leadership to NC Civics Coalition (NC3)!

Now with 21 members and growing, NC3 is a nonpartisan group of civic champions - including government agencies, higher education institutions, nonprofits, educators, youth, and public officials - working together to elevate and advance K-12 civic education and youth leadership across North Carolina.

NC3 is part of CivxNow, the nation’s largest cross-partisan coalition working to prioritize civic education in the US.

North Carolina Civics Coalition is a GenerationNation program.

North Carolina K-12 educators are invited to “Re-Engage 2026,” a free, experiential two-day deep-dive into North Carolina local government, that centers its relevance to our everyday lives!

This event is funded by the NC City & County Managers Association, with support from , , , and

In a time when our nation is increasingly plagued by political polarization and confidence in our civic institutions and governing bodies wanes, it is imperative to re-engage in preparing our youth (and ourselves) with the knowledge, skills, dispositions, and motivation to be responsible, informed and active citizens and community members. And while federal government and presidential elections are often the focus of our attention, it is our local government that tangibly impacts our daily lives – from water quality to trash collection to sports/recreation.

Learn more and sign up for the free teacher PD: https://humanities.unc.edu/event/lgs26/

✨ Have an idea to transform your school for the better? ✨

This semester, GenerationNation is awarding MINI-GRANTS to high school Student Councils/SGAs for project ideas that create real impact across Charlotte 💡

Projects can focus on:
🎤 Student voice
🏫 Campus improvements
🤝 Neighborhood outreach
🧩 School & community problem-solving

Last year’s grantees included Merancas, who hosted community-building lunches; CPCC Early’s student speaking competition; Harding fostered student-alumni connections; Levine’s Clean Up Crew made the campus shine; and West Charlotte engaged students from neighborhood schools.

YOU can a difference! Apply by February 13. Link in bio!