Resumo. The Folkcomunicacionais actions and activities related to public policies are manifested in interaction territories. With the objective of observing and discussing the Escola de Cidadania “José de Souza Cândido” from the point of view of folkcomunicação and public policies, thisstudy initially presents some considerations about education, citizenship, social movements, and communication, and in the sequence conducts a discussion from the folk-public perspective of public policies, with a view to characterizing it in a landscape that is configured as both a political space and a media activism. The School of Citizenship is configured as a space in which the convergence of both folkcomunicação and public policy aspects is observed. The conceptual approach of different areas of knowledge shows that the complexity of existing relationships in society, while reinforcing the need for these confluences for their understanding.