Civics Education Bootcamp
The Roosevelt Society is excited to launch our fall 2025 Nuts and Bolts of Democracy: Civics Education for Emerging Leaders program. This virtual training & certification course will demystify how various institutions in the federal government function and help you apply that knowledge to better understand ongoing policy and governance conversations. Part autonomous learning, and part cohort-based discussion groups, the program is intended primarily for undergraduate college students and designed to:
- Give you meaningful access to leading policymakers, civil servants, and scholars;
- Provide a flexible, part-autonomous learning experience;
- Create a cohort experience so you walk away with meaningful relationships;
- Help you better understand what’s happening in the news by applying your civic learning to ongoing policy and governance conversations;
- Welcome you to the broader Roosevelt Society community.
Learn more about the program schedule
- Enrolling is a commitment to complete all four weeks of the program. A certificate of completion will be given to everyone who fulfills the program requirements: watching all recorded trainings, completing the homework reading, and attending all four discussion group sessions.
- Each week of the program includes an hour-long recorded training for participants to watch asynchronously, 1–3 assigned readings, and a discussion session. Each discussion session will include a conversation with an expert and breakout group time for participants to think and discuss with one another.
- Week 1: Understanding How Congress Works
- Week 2: Understanding the Courts
- Week 3: Understanding Administrative Agencies
- Week 4: Money Rules—Understanding the Appropriations Process
Discussion Groups
- Discussion Group A will meet weekly on Tuesdays from 5:00–6:30 pm ET.
- Discussion Group B will meet weekly on Fridays from 12:00–1:30 pm ET.
Roosevelt Society Summit
In January 2024, in Washington, DC, we celebrated the launch of the Roosevelt Society with our inaugural Roosevelt Society Summit. Bringing together a community of people from across generations and professional backgrounds, we had a day and a half of connection, learning, and community-building.
Use the arrows to scroll through the photos below from the event.
Roosevelt Institute Board Chair Anna Eleanor Roosevelt helped kick off the event’s celebration dinner by reflecting on the legacy of her grandparents.
Roosevelt President and CEO Felicia Wong sat down with Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo for an illuminating conversation on the role personnel plays in driving substantive change.
Felicia Wong moderated a conversation with renowned economists Joseph Stiglitz and Sarah Bloom Raskin on the arcs of their careers and the importance of having the right people in the right places.
Sameera Fazili, Roosevelt Institute fellow and former deputy director of the National Economic Council, helped kick off the opening plenary by introducing keynote speaker Ambassador Katherine Tai, United States Trade Representative.
Felicia Wong joined in a keynote conversation with US Trade Representative Katherine Tai, who has seen firsthand the intersection of people and policy.
Cornell University Professor of Law K. Sabeel Rahman joined Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra for a panel discussion on why paradigms matter.
Economic Security Project President Natalie Foster and Roosevelt Senior Fellow Rhiana Gunn-Wright
Kristina Karlsson, Roosevelt Institute Senior Program Manager, Climate and Economic Transformation
Former Federal Trade Commission official Elizabeth Wilkins, Head of Office of Climate & Energy for the state of Michigan Cory Connolly, Roosevelt Board Member Anita Sonawane, and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Joelle Gamble.
Professor of Economics at Case Western Reserve University and former Chief Economist at the Department of Commerce Susan Helper and Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Joelle Gamble.