By Paula Ellis, VP/Strategic Initiatives Knight Foundation's National portfolio fosters informed and engaged communities by discovering and spreading civic innovations, with the transformative goal of igniting active citizenship. This leads to more resilient communities, where residents have more control over their destinies. We work in the eight “resident” Knight communities, but also in 18 “non-resident” communities through partnerships with their community foundations. Informed and Engaged Here's a look at how the national portfolio advances full, active, participatory citizenship: Tech for Engagement: Explore online tools for offline engagement, our Tech for Engagement initiative began in 2010 and is now hitting its stride. It supports projects that experiment with ways people can engage with each other and take action on issues that they care about. Universal Broadband Access: Knight believes that no citizen should be left behind in having convenient access to the Internet. Public Libraries: Knight believes public libraries are essential 21st century democratic institutions. Our funding of them focuses on access; digital skill development; content creation and engagement hubs. Soul of the Community: We strengthen and leverage the passion and loyalty residents have to the place they live, and create environments in which engagement thrives. Three years of research by Gallup for Knight discovered that openness, social offerings, and aesthetics drive attachment to communities. Knight is developing the next phase of its Soul work now.