27 Nov 2024

The fight to get the young involved in civic life

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 27 November 2024

Our cultural relationship without the USA usually flows in one direction, from them to us.

But for some things they are looking to us, here in Aotearoa.

Caroline Klibanoff is currently visiting on an Eisenhower fellowship. 

Her aim - to learn how we incorporate youth into civic life and set up a similar system back home.

A view of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, United States, on November 7, 2024, days after the national election. The United States Capitol, often called the Capitol or the Capitol Building, serves as the seat of the United States Congress, the legislative branch of the federal government. It is located on Capitol Hill at the eastern end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Aashish Kiphayet/NurPhoto) (Photo by Aashish Kiphayet / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP)

The US Capitol in Washington, DC, United States. Photo: AFP/Aashish Kiphayet