Elizabeth Roy

Elizabeth Clay Roy is Chief Executive Officer of Generation Citizen, a national nonprofit focused on real-world civic education and youth democratic participation. She has led civic engagement and social change initiatives, previously serving as Executive Director of TakeRoot Justice and in leadership roles at Phipps Neighborhoods, Opportunity Nation, and the Massachusetts governor’s office.

Civic Learning Is Career Preparation When Students Practice Agency

The Aspen Education & Society Program’s final Redefining Student Engagement session argued that civic learning and career readiness are not competing priorities but overlapping forms of preparation. Elizabeth Zamudio, Elizabeth Clay Roy, Jennifer Tran and Braden Chapman made the case that students develop the skills schools and employers say they value — communication, collaboration, problem-solving, perspective taking and civil disagreement — when they have real agency in schools, supported channels to influence decisions, and families and institutions that treat youth voice as part of civic life.

The Aspen InstituteMay 20, 202617 min read