Project Citizen is a portfolio-based civic education program for grades 5-12. It helps teachers and students understand public policy and use this information to create change in their community thereby empowering them and their teachers.

The Project Citizen State Showcase is held each year, in which teams present their portfolios and oral presentations on a problem in their community and their action plan for solving it before community members on judging panels. The top 10 winning teams of each regional showcase, are invited to compete in the State Showcase held in Phoenix. The portfolio winner of the State Showcase is eligible to send their portfolio to the National Showcase held in July. Recognized as one of the top programs in the country, Arizona's portfolios showcased at the National showcase have won Superior awards consistently over the past 20 years.

The students will present their project before a panel of judges. Their presentations will include 4 minutes of prepared speech and 6 minutes of follow-up questions. Judges can use their own questions, or they can use questions provided by the Foundation. There are two rounds and each round lasts about an hour.

Volunteer Need: Virtual e-portfolio judges, in-person state judges, score runners, and timers.

If you are not available to serve as a volunteer, but would like to make a contribution to the program, please click here to donate online.