Civics Credential Badge Catalog

Find credentials that you can obtain related to the five Democracy Goals

Microcredential: Bridging Divides

Recipient has completed coursework required to earn a Bridging Divides Microcredential, displaying their ability to listen for understanding, dialogue across differences, and collaborate to achieve common ground.

Bridging Divides

Listen First Project

Collaboration Skill

Badge recipient completed coursework that activates skills to COLLABORATE with others across differences to build community, reduce polarization and collectively solve problems.

Bridging Divides

Listen First Project

Dialogue Skill

Badge recipient completed coursework that activates skills to DIALOGUE with respect, understanding and open perspective to cultivate daily bridge-building habits

Bridging Divides

Listen First Project

Listening Skill

Badge recipient completed coursework that activates their skills of LISTENING with empathy and curiosity to cultivate daily bridge-building habits

Bridging Divides

Listen First Project

Renew America Civility Leadership Institute - GRADUATE

Badge holder has completed the year-long Civility Leadership Institute program hosted by Renew America Together. Skills developed include: leadership, communications, co-creating solutions to societal problems, deeper understanding of personality type and how it influences those around them. Participants engaged in a book club with multiple books on civility and civil dialogue, nationally known featured speakers, and projects designed to apply their skills developed.

Bridging Divides

Monthly, 12 Months

Renew America Together

Participating in Dialogue: Advanced

Badge recipient has been trained in advanced skills and strategies required for constructive dialogue across differences.

Bridging Divides

3 Hour Workshop

Bridge USA

Participating in Dialogue

Badge recipient has been trained in the skills and strategies required for constructive dialogue across differences.

Bridging Divides

90 Minute Workshop

Bridge USA

Facilitating Dialogue: Advanced

Badge recipient has been trained in advanced dialogue facilitation skills and strategies.

Bridging Divides

3 Hour Workshop

Bridge USA

Facilitating Dialogue

Badge recipient has been trained in constructive dialogue facilitation skills and strategies.

Bridging Divides

90 Minute Workshop

Bridge USA

Democracy Weaver

Badge recipient has completed three hours of training in active listening and is now equipped to deepen lines of communication, build rapport across difference, and de-escalate conflict. Badge recipient is able to authentically engage in meaningful dialoge, develop rapport, de-escalate conflict, and build trust across extreme political difference with curiosity respect, and empathy.

Bridging Divides

3 hours

Of, By and For the People: Conversations on the Constitution

Badge holder participated in an activity using the Living Room Conversations guide on the Constitution. The goal of this conversation was to unlock the political imagination of participants to explore how citizens can refresh the Constitution for the future.

Civic Learning

#unifyUSA

Advocacy Mentor

Badge holder mentored a professional seeking to become an effective, empathetic, and trusted advocate for a just and peaceful world for everyone - no exceptions.

Civic Learning

Stories Change Power

Storytelling 101

Badge holder completed 4-part course to develop a strong foundation in story gathering and sharing for positive impact.

Bridging Divides

4-6 hours of instruction + individual learning time.

Stories Change Power

Ethical Storysharing

Badge holder completed 4-part course in people-centered storysharing at every step, from initial preparation through revocable consent.

Trusted Information

4-6 hours of instruction + individual learning time

Stories Change Power

Nine Rights Advocacy Strategy

Badge holder completed advocacy strategy masterclass, learning strategical framework to be an effective, empathetic, and trusted advocate, understand how opinions form and change, and promote civility while calling for a just and peaceful world for everyone - no exceptions.

Civic Learning

16-20+ hours of instruction & individual learning time

Stories Change Power

SERVE: A Framework for Civility CERTIFIED TRAINER

Badge holder has completed the course and train-the-trainer session of SERVE, learning and demonstrating skills to navigate difficult and polarizing conversations with civility and teach those skills to others.

Bridging Divides

Up to 4 hours

Course

Renew America Together

SERVE: A Framework for Civility CERTIFIED

Badge holder has completed a four-hour course, learning and demonstrating skills to navigate difficult and polarizing conversations with civility.

Bridging Divides

4 hours

Course

Renew America Together

TRUST: Combating Disinformation CERTIFIED TRAINER

Badge holder has completed a masterclass, and train-the-trainer course, and shows confidence in the skills acquired. The badge holder is now eligible to teach the TRUST course to others.

Trusted Information

2 hours

Course

Renew America Together