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Welcome to the Committee for Citizen Awareness
"It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error."
- Justice Robert H. Jackson
The Committee for Citizen Awareness (CCA) is a non-profit 501(c)(3), non-partisan organization established in 1985 and based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to enhance American democracy in the Internet age by collaborating with distinguished Americans to bring free educational, civic material to students and educators across the country. Our goal is to improve the understanding of and participation in our democratic process among America's 22 million high-school-aged citizens. Furthermore, we hope to increase America's voter participation rate, which is among the lowest in the developed world.
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Your Representative's Job In The U.S. Congress
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Congress and You" DVD
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Constitution and You" DVD
Award-Winning DVDs:
The CCA produces and distributes American education's most-viewed series of free Telly and Accolade award-winning, civic DVDs. Our DVDs relate national civic matters to specific locales by featuring local hosts, national figures -- such as former Secretary of State Colin Powell, President Joe Biden and CBS newsman Bob Schieffer -- and typically the member of Congress who represents that congressional district.
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Staceyann Sinclair of Rasmussen College on a life experience that shaped her:
"A life experience that helped shape who I am today is growing up in a home with my grandmother who happened to be the first physician in our local community, and a female physician at that. And, growing up with her the first ten years of my life really helped shape who I am today and how I think [...]
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