Cultivating Civics Centered Communities (Shawn Trapp). Beyond elections and partisan rancor, how do we move forward together despite differences. What defines a successful community?   There is no better time in our history to explore this and much more! Shawn Trapp is a Civic University Civic Saturday Fellow as well as author of historical analysis of Civics education in the United States.  He is the current President-elect of GUUF.