Activities & Events
Alumni and Professional Development Events
Hosted and organized by ACE’s Leadership and Alumni Engagement team, these events bring together ACE alumni and current interns for networking opportunities, professional development workshops, and fireside chats.
Conferences and Seminars
See recordings of our latest conference and get info on upcoming conferences and speaking opportunities from ACE’s Leadership Team.
ACE Climate Migration Conference 2022
This spring, ACE hosted the first youth-led climate migration conference in the world. Each day focused on a different geographic region: Central and Latin America and the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
The goal of the conference is was bring together youth from around the world, along with academics and activists, to raise awareness and engagement around the important issue of climate migration.
While climate migration is a relatively under-discussed aspect of climate adaptation, it is predicted that tens of millions of people around the world will be displaced internally and across national borders in the coming decades. Each day of the conference featured ACE Student Fellows presenting their research on an aspect of climate migration, as well as interviews and discussions with key actors in the field.
Read ACE’s brief, Introduction to Climate Migration, by Grace Austin
Central and Latin America and the Caribbean
Sub-Saharan Africa
Posts about the Climate Migration Conference
Climate Migration Conference Featured in Chatham House’s The World Today
Following Chatham House’s panel discussion on climate migration in Sub-Saharan Africa at the ACE Climate Migration Conference, ACE Student Fellow Ella Dennis co-authored an article
Introducing the Common Futures Conversations Panel Discussion
The second day of ACE’s upcoming Climate Migration Conference will feature a discussion panel on Sub-Saharan climate migration with several members of the Common Futures
Introducing Adriel Charles
Adriel is a featured guest speaker at the ACE Climate Migration Conference. You can see her full interview on April 26 at the Central and
Conference Regional Coordinators
Meet the Student Fellows and Research Associates responsible for coordinating each day of the ACE Climate Migration Conference. April 26: Central and Latin America and
Meet Your Conference Hosts
Meet the team of Student Fellows, Research Associates, and ACE researchers who have been working hard to coordinate the first youth-led climate migration conference.
Announcing the 2022 Climate Migration Conference
This April, the Alliance for Citizen Engagement (ACE) is proud to host the first youth-led climate migration conference in the world. Climate migration, or the
Past Event: End of Summer Celebration
Please join on September 10 from 6-7pm ET to learn about the amazing work the ACE team has done this summer, our ambitious plans for the fall, and how you can get involved.
Keynote Speaker: Andrea Bruce, Photojournalist for National Geographic and the Washington Post
Other speakers include:
- Elise Smith, Columbia University, ACE Student Fellow and Local Governance Fellowship Awardee
- Francesca Reynolds, University College London, Democratic Governance Research Associate and Director of Student Development
- Dr. Aidan Gnoth, University of Otago, Senior Policy Advisor
You can access the End of Summer Event Booklet here, which is intended to accompany the event.
ACE is committed to helping audiences engage with one another in informative, open, and friendly political dialogue. While the pandemic has meant that many of our group events and activities have had to be put on hold, the following activities provide an fun and engaging entry point for audiences and individuals to start thinking about politics.
If you have suggestions as to how these might be improved, or new activities that we could include, please let us know in the feedback from at the bottom of this page!
Political Priorities Worksheet
The Political Priorities Worksheet maps user’s priorities to identify key issues which become the center of their political engagement. It also helps the user think through other factors which influence which politicians and organizations they want to support.
Fill out your Political Priorities Worksheet.
Duration: 7-15 minutes
Crossword Puzzles
Check out our online public policy crossword puzzles.
Duration: 5-10 minutes per puzzle
Dark Money
Explore transparency in local elections in this detective-style mystery. Look for clues as to why people and corporations would secretly spend to sway a local election. Play the Game
Federal Budget Reconciliation Activity
Have you every wondered what it’s like to put together a federal budget? Do you think you could do a better job than Washington? Give it a shot and see if you can negotiate a budget which meets your policy priorities and decreases the national debt. For groups of 2-9 (for larger groups, consider the Budget Reconciliation Event).
Duration: 1.5-2 hours.
Federal Budget Reconciliation Activity
Host an Event [Paused due to Covid]
Might we suggest you take the Federal Budget Reconciliation Activity with your organization or group instead?