Inspiring Lifelong Learning & Leading
Students will be able to find their voice by learning communication and collaboration skills to build inclusive communities of awareness, understanding, and action.
Civic Education Should Drive Action
Students for Civic Impact is a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping students develop critical thinking, communication, and leadership skills through meaningful discussions, university-style learning, and real-world civic engagement.
Inspired by the 90-year history of Junior State of America (JSA), our program modernizes experiential civic education for today’s students while remaining proudly nonpartisan.
More than a Summer Program
Our vision is to create an immersive residential summer experience where students from across the world develop leadership skills through university instruction, debates, simulations, and collaborative learning.
Why Choose SCI?
Learn From Experts
University professors and experienced educators provide engaging instruction that challenges students to think critically.
Practice Dialogue
Students learn how to respectfully discuss today’s most important issues respectfully while considering multiple perspectives.
Build Life Skills
Participants improve communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills that prepare them for college and beyond.
Free Resource Library
Panels
Dr. McCuan and Dr. Sakiev Discuss the New Trump Administration
From checks and balances to birthright citizenship, term limits, tariffs, and foreign policy's future, this discussion tackles the debates shaping America's next chapter.
Dr. Magu and Dr. McClanahan Talk About Foreign Relations and Press Freedoms in the United States
This discussion explores U.S. military involvement in Iran, the effects of USAID cuts, human rights concerns abroad, press freedom challenges, and how reliable social media really is.
Dialogue
What is Dialogue? How Do You Do Dialogue?
Click here to learn how SCI defines dialogue and how to do SCI-style dialogue.
AI and
School
AI and School
Use our “AI Policy and AI in Education” discussion packet here in your classroom or club
What's Next for Venezuela?
Use our “U.S. Intervention in Venezuela” discussion packet here in your classroom or club
ICE and
Immigration
ICE and Immigration
Use our “U.S. ICE and CBP Operations” discussion packet here in your classroom or club
