Sec. Sarah Copeland Hanzas: Celebrate Civic Learning Week, March 10-14

This commentary is by Sarah Copeland Hanzas, Vermont’s 39th secretary of state. She was a teacher, coach, small business owner and an 18-year member of the Vermont House before being elected as secretary of state in 2022.This week is Civic Learning Week! This annual celebration of the importance of civics is an opportunity to sustain and strengthen democracy in the United States. “Civics” means understanding the five freedoms promised to us by the First Amendment: freedom of re