The Civic Leadership Institute (CLI) provides students a unique opportunity to explore current social and political issues through service-learning experiences, exchanges with community leaders, and academic study. Students build awareness and opinions, develop critical thinking skills through dialogue and debate, hone their leadership skills, and create an action plan on a topic of interest, encouraging them to make positive change. The Civic Leadership Institute is a three-week course available through CTD's 6-12 Academic Summer Residential and Day Camps. Why Choose CLI? There has never been a more important time to explore your identity as a civic leader. CLI offers excellent preparation for college and careers and allows students to develop the leadership skills they need to make a difference in the world. Benefits Include: - An engaging three-week curriculum that tackles college-level course work on social concerns and methods of change - Opportunities to learn from community members, professionals and leaders in the field about ways to make change - A vibrant community to support and challenge you as you build skills to become a more active citizen Curriculum Overview => https://nuwildcat.sharepoint.com/sites/SESP-StaffSharedFolders/CTD%20Shared%20Folders/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fsites%2FSESP%2DStaffSharedFolders%2FCTD%20Shared%20Folders%2FWebsites%2FOrbit%2FPrograms%2FLeadership%20%26%20Service%2DLearning%20Web%20Docs%2FCLI%20Detail%20Page%2FCLI%20Sample%20Syllabus%20for%20Web%2Epdf&parent=%2Fsites%2FSESP%2DStaffSharedFolders%2FCTD%20Shared%20Folders%2FWebsites%2FOrbit%2FPrograms%2FLeadership%20%26%20Service%2DLearning%20Web%20Docs%2FCLI%20Detail%20Page&p=true&ga=1