Celebrate Change with The Civic Circle!

Celebrate Change with The Civic Circle is an arts-centered civic engagement event built to amplify youth voices and encourage civic learning, hope, community, and civic transformation. The program, titled “The Seven Steps Forward,” invites attendees to explore seven “steps to democracy” through live music, refreshments, collective poetry, and hands-on civic arts activities.

The event will also recognize outgoing founder Eliza Newlin Carney with The Civic Circle’s Art of Service award and welcome the organization’s new executive director, Katherine Wise.

When: Thursday, November 5, 2026

Showtimes: 6:00–8:00 p.m.

Venue: Silver Spring Civic Building, 1 Veterans Plaza, Silver Spring, MD 20910

Presented by: The Civic Circle

Program: Live music, refreshments, collective poetry, and civic arts activities focused on the program’s seven “steps to democracy”

Special recognition: Eliza Newlin Carney, the outgoing founder, will receive The Civic Circle’s Art of Service award. Katherine Wise will be welcomed as the new executive director.

Ages: Adults

Tickets: Price not available

Information: Tickets and event information are available through the listed Eventbrite website. Sponsorship information is also available through The Civic Circle.

Contact: (301) 588-5019; info@theciviccircle.org

Accessibility: No accessibility information is currently available for this event.