Summer CIVICS
Civic education program for campers in PBHA's Summer Urban Program, teaching how government works and how students can take action in their communities.
About
PBHA’s Summer CIVICS provides campers throughout PBHA’s Summer Urban Program (SUP) with the opportunity to expand their understanding of government and show them how their lives are affected by it. The CIVICS curriculum empowers students by emphasizing the real ways they can take action, impact their community, and shape the world around them. Curriculum focuses on the function of government, the meaning of active citizenship, and avenues of community engagement.
What they do
- Civic education curriculum in Summer Urban Program camp classrooms
- Curriculum on the function of government, active citizenship, and community engagement
Mission, in their words
Provides campers throughout PBHA's Summer Urban Program with the opportunity to expand their understanding of government and show them how their lives are affected by it, empowering students by emphasizing the real ways they can take action, impact their community, and shape the world around them.
More links
- PBHA program pageHarvard directory
Sources
- Summer CIVICS — PBHAHarvard page · seen Oct 29, 2026
- PBHA ProgramsHarvard page · seen Sep 30, 2026
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