Civic Leadership

High School Student Civic Projects

Every year Freedom and Citizenship students turn scholarship into action as they follow the summer seminar with a year-long civic leadership project. As our program has grown, so too have the number of projects students undertake each year and the diverse methods students employ to make their voices heard.

To prepare their final projects, students research their topics, interview leaders on their issues, and work together to come up with a strategy for sharing their ideas. Explore our student projects below.

2026 Civic Projects

These civic projects were made by New York City high school students as part of Freedom and Citizenship's Civic Engagement Curriculum during the 2025 - 2026 academic year. 

Click on the images below to see each project in full:

What does "Freedom" and "Citizenship" mean to you?