About the California Campaign

California Campaign Prospectus | Committee List | Subcommitties | Organization Chart

The California Campaign is an effort to apply the goals and recommendations outlined in The Civic Mission of Schools to strengthen civic education in California's public schools. Convened by Constitutional Rights Foundation, a Los Angeles-based, non-profit, non-partisan educational organization, and funded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the goal of the coalition is to strengthen civic education in California's public schools consistent with the recommendations in the Civic Mission of Schools report.

Joining Constitutional Rights Foundation in this effort is the Center for Civic Education, which is also a member of the Alliance for Representative Democracy, a national partnership, involving the Congress of the United States, working to strengthen representative democracy in America. The two organizations will be cooperating in all phases of the project, including the creation of the project steering committee and will jointly publicize project activities through their program networks. Constitutional Rights Foundation and the Center for Civic Education have each provided programs and materials and been represented on statewide committees and commissions promoting the civic mission of schools.

EDUCATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS

David W. Gordon--Co-Chair
Superintendent
Sacramento County Office of Education		   Darline P. Robles--Co-Chair
Superintendent
Los Angeles County Office of Education

LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Magdalena Mejia Carrillo, Superintendent, Sacramento City Unified School District
John Casey, Superintendent, Pleasanton Unified School District
Leslie Fausset, Superintendent, Poway Unified School District
Tom Giugni, School Superintendent (Retired)
Bill Hatcher, Superintendent (Retired), Kern High School District
Joan McRobbie, Ethics Officer, San Diego Unified School District
Michael Matsuda, Teacher, Anaheim Union High School District
Rob Williams, Principal, Fairview Elementary School, Modesto City School District

STATE GOVERNMENT
Fred Miller, Senior Manager, Court Consulting Services, Administrative Office of the Courts
Karen Viscia, Project Manager, Office of Court Research, Administrative Office of the Courts
Debbie Genzer, Promising and Effective Programs Unit, Administrative Office of the Courts

STATE PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Mary Bergan, President, California Federation of Teachers
David A. Sanchez, President, California Teachers Association
Pam Brady, President, California State PTA
Cheryl Rehome-Dean, President, California Council for the Social Studies
Scott Plotkin, President, California School Boards Association
Mike Ricketts, California County Superintendents Educational Services Association
Bob Wells, Executive Director, Association of California School Administrators

COUNTY OFFICES OF EDUCATION
Bill Cirone, Superintendent, Santa Barbara County Office of Education
Gary F. Dei Rossi, Assistant Superintendent, San Joaquin County Office of Education
Michelle M. Herczog, Consultant, History/Social Science, Los Angeles County Office of Education
Peg Hill, State Lead, California Three Rs Project
Michael Hulsizer, Administrator, Kern County Office of Education
Sheila Jordan, Superintendent, Alameda County Office of Education
Cricket F.L. Kidwell, Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum & Instruction, Trinity County Office of Education
John Minkler, Program Coordinator, Fresno County Office of Education
Laurie M. Mosier, History-Social Science Coordinator, San Diego County Office of Education
Joseph A. Ovick, Superintendent, Contra Costa County Office of EducationLarry E. Reider, Superintendent, Kern County Office of Education

FEDERAL JUDICIARY
Hon. Frank C. Damrell Jr., U.S. District Judge, United States Court House

EDUCATION LEADERS
Hon. Delaine Eastin, Davis, California
Diane Hart, Senior Author, Teachers' Curriculum Institute
Carol S. Katzman, Los Angeles, California

HIGHER EDUCATION
Season Eckardt, Administrative Director of Community Service Learning, California State University, Office of the Chancellor
Thomas Ehrlich, Senior Scholar, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Elaine Ikeda, Executive Director, California Campus Compact
Mary Kirlin, Assistant Professor, California State University, Sacramento
Nancy McTygue, Executive Director, California History-Social Science Project
Kolleen Ostgaard, Associate Director, Center for California Studies, California State University Sacramento
Harry Pachon, President, Tomas Rivera Policy Institute
John Rogers, Associate Director, Institute for Democracy Education & Access – UCLA
Bernadette Chi, Research Consultant

YOUTH & YOUTH ORGANIZATIONS
Carole MacNeil, State Director, UC 4H Youth Development Program
Richard Prosser, Executive Director, The Junior Statesmen Foundation
June Thompson, Executive Director, California Association of Student Councils

NON PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Christian Johnson, Program Director, Arsalyn Program, Ludwick Family Foundation
John Larmer, Associate Director of Program Development, Buck Institute for Education
Margaret Branson, Associate Director, Center for Civic Education
Charles Quigley, Executive Director, Center for Civic Education
John H. Hale, Associate Director, Center for Civic Education
Thomas "Tac" A. Craven, Attorney; Board Member, Center for Civic Education
John Kehoe, Past President, Center for Youth Citizenship
Todd Clark, President, Creative Partners Inc.
Marshall Croddy, Vice President, Constitutional Rights Foundation
Joanna Lennon, Executive Director, East Bay Conservation Corps

 

For more information, please contact:

Marshall Croddy
Constitutional Rights Foundation
(213) 316-2113 Fax (213) 386-0459
Carol Hatcher
Associate Director
Center for Civic Education
(661) 399-2198 Fax (661) 399-2193

 

 



A project of Constitutional Rights Foundation in collaboration with the
Center for Civic Education and the Alliance for Representative Democracy.
This project is made possible by generous grants from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Skirball Foundation