Civic Health Scorecard
Track Your Impact. Grow Your Leadership. Strengthen Our Civic Health.
You may already be doing more civic engagement than you realize. Discover new opportunities, document what you are already doing, reflect on what you are learning, and see how your experiences add up over time.
Civic engagement happens in more ways than you might think.
Volunteering, voting, participating in dialogue, serving your community, engaging with the arts, caring for the environment, learning about public issues, joining an organization, or taking action on something you care about can all be part of civic and community life. The Scorecard brings those experiences together.
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Discover
Explore ways to engage with issues and communities you care about.
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Document
Track how you participate, engage, and contribute.
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Reflect & Connect
Reflect on what you learned, how your experiences connect, and what they mean to you.
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Grow
Continue growing as a civic leader, building skills and progressing toward the NextGen Civic Leader Badge.
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There is no single path through the Scorecard. Start with the issues, interests, and communities that matter to you, and let your record of civic engagement grow alongside your UW experience.
Start where you are and build from there.
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01 • Discover
Find your starting point.
Explore Civic Actions connected to your interests and goals.
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02 • Participate
Take action.
Participate, learn, contribute, attend, serve, or engage.
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03 • Reflect
Log your Impact.
Document what happened, what you learned, and why it mattered.
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04 • Connect
See how your experiences fit together.
Find connections across your interests, communities, and commitments.
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05 • Build
Grow your civic impact record.
Keep engaging and making progress toward the NextGen Badge.
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Explore Five Categories of Engagement
Civic health depends on many forms of participation. Start with the kind of engagement that connects with you.
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Category 01
Civic Dialogue
Listen • Discuss • Connect
Engage across differences, listen to others with curiosity, and exchange perspectives to build understanding and meaningful connections.
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Category 02
Democratic Engagement
Learn • Participate • Vote
Learn about public issues, explore different perspectives, and participate in democratic and civic processes that shape our communities.
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Category 03
Environmental & Land Stewardship
Care • Sustain • Steward
Support healthy, sustainable, and resilient communities and ecosystems through environmental learning, stewardship, and meaningful action.
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Category 04
Community Well-Being
Serve • Support • Belong
Build meaningful relationships, support others, and respond to community needs through service, collaboration, and collective action.
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Category 05
Arts & Culture
Create • Experience • Understand
Explore how creativity, culture, and storytelling strengthen communities, connect people, and inspire understanding, expression, and meaningful change.
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Explore the Scorecard
What connects with you?
Browse Civic Actions across all five categories and choose your own starting point.
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Earn the NextGen Civic Leader Badge
Bring your civic experiences together, go deeper through a significant Centerpiece Activity, and receive recognition for your development as a civic leader.
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250 Points
on your Civic Health Scorecard
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100+ Hours
in a Centerpiece Activity
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Explore Resources & Opportunities
Find help, explore the Badge, bring the Scorecard to students, or help us grow it.
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Get Started
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Need Help?
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Earn Recognition
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For Groups
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Courses & Cohorts
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Add to the Scorecard
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Find something that matters to you.
Choose a Civic Action that connects with your interests and values. Take the first step toward building a record of the experiences and contributions shaping your civic leadership.
