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Micro Society is a program in schools in more than 40 states, where students apply their skills to real social, cultural, environmental, and economic challenges facing society today. Through simulations of various sizes, Micro Society empowers students to be urban planners, entrepreneurs, researchers, policy makers—in essence, to be full participants in civic life.


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