Civic Engagement : An Important Role Of The Government Ensuring The Well Being Of Society

The focal point of current educational trend in the United States is on preparing the leaders of tomorrow (National Task Force, 2012). Student success has been expanded to include civic responsibility which is a dimension of the college experience largely ignored until recently (Upcraft, Gardner, & Barefoot, 2005). The Department of Education has taken this charge and developed the National Task Force for Democratic and Civic Engagement. This initiative places developing civic responsibility as a national priority based on the tendency of young people who are often too caught up in ‘narrow collegiate worlds’ of their own existence to understand the larger role of being a contributing member of society (Upcraft, Barefoot & Gardner, 2005). Thus, engagement as a participating citizen living in community is frequently beyond the scope of young student leaders in college. Due to this, the government has renewed its interest in creating civic-minded young people prepared to advocate for change. This has led the charge for a civic engagement initiative nationwide.

When deciding what topic I wanted to write for my Civic Engagement Project, I already had in mind that I wanted something that most of us are not use to seeing nowadays. Many of us compare courts with punishment, but what if there was a court that did the opposite? When I was starting my research on the different courts we have here in Florida, I came across Drug Courts. The more I read up on drug courts, the more I became fascinated and intrigued. Drug courts do not aim to "PUNISH”, but yet to provide treatment to drug abusers. This kind of court believes that everyone deserves a second chance, that extra push. During my research, I was interested in learning a few things. Such things I 'd like to learn about this kind of

For the assignment civic engagement, I volunteer in four projects Temple, Bernie Sanders, Elementary School, and VTA transport to complete my 16 hours community service. However being a part of these amazing projects, I learn and experience a lot of things that how to interact, encourage, and help other peoples.

Throughout the years we have seen a decline in civic participation and duty in the United States. People can argue many different reasons on why there has been a decline in civic duty and participation, but the most influential causes are due to electoral campaigning, parental socialization, as well as news sources. These three issues have lead to a generational decline in United States political participation and these issues need to be fixed. If we cannot find a way of fixing these issues, our nation will see democracy slip through its fingers. On a road to solving our nation’s political participation problem the first stop would have to be fixing news sources.

I would like to nominate Dr. Johnson for the Civic Engagement Award based on her inspiring vision of service in Women’s and Gender Studies. Most recently, she organized the 7th biennial Bodies of Knowledge Symposium on the topic of queer kinship and queer community building. Her work in LGBT programming on campus is important for students and community members who identify as LGBT and for others who want to know more about it, especially in South Carolina where this identity can be controversial. She is also teaching a Girls Studies course this semester that includes service learning so that students can learn about the subject in class and apply what they’ve learned by working with young teenage girls in Spartanburg. This past fall, she organized

The responsibilities include one’s respect, cooperation and participation with members and towards the community. Even children’s have the right to general need such as food, safe home, and clothing. Their guardians or parents are responsible to provide the necessary care and need for the children. However, most prominently citizenship today requires people knowing of public problems and acting together to solve the problems. Volunteering to help the community illustrates a lead participation within the community. This means taking role to join cleaning up the environment, visiting hospitals or nursing homes and share joy and love with them simply through communication. Moreover, volunteering can be intending of fighting a wrong in the community purpose for the common good. In other words, forming a group alliances and building up the strength to stand up against injustices. There are many instances throughout American history such as abolition of slavery, the women’s suffrage, civil rights movement, environment movement, public education and much more. By working together, we learn respect, honor, and responsibilities of rights. The benefit of at the most by encouraging the people in our community to participate would result in a better chance of more participation than not doing anything. Children or adults in a schools or institutes can join cleaning events, volunteering

The organization that I have volunteered for is YMCA. Volunteering at the YMCA taught me how and why civic engagement is so important. Civic engagement is when citizens participate in helping their community to be better and make improvements for the entire community. It gives the chance to show the how we operate when we incorporate our differences and work together toward the community’s common goal. Making our communities more powerfully built through civic engagement increases how many active participations in the community we have. We have to teach future generations about how important civic engagement is. As a community we need to inform them of the benefits of participating in more civic engagement. There are so many ways that citizens

From what I have read, civic engagement is the way of the future. Although the cynicism from critics about the higher costs (5) is off-putting, liberal arts, civic engagement, we need these things to continue to thrive as humans in this ever changing world. By having a way to revolutionize the educational system to better incorporate political and social skills, the new generation will be better equipped to handle any abrupt changes in society and to help sooth the mistakes. Whether people like it or not, the world is changing and we must be at the forefront to confront it. If everyone truly didn’t like the idea of civic engagement then why would so many big schools, California State University (3), Duke University (3), Tufts University (6),

It is a well-known fact that without any form of civic engagement, democracy cannot survive. These forms of civic engagement may include voting in “free and fair election”, the right to freedom of political association, volunteerism, or even to engage in acts of civil disobedience, such as boycotting. One may decide which activity to participate in of their own free will. Whichever way the citizen feels that they best express themselves is the way they would choose. And although the options vary in importance, the most important of these activities is the right--or even duty--to engage in civil disobedience.

Everyone is entitled to lessen the negative impacts of prominent issues in society. I have contributed to lessening the negative impact of issues in healthcare and poverty through civic-engagement. I’ve work in the pharmacy of Urban Ministries to provide medications for underprivileged citizens, lead simulating activities within Pruitt Health to increase the quality of treatment of the elderly, and provide nutritious meals within Clemson Community Care and a locally based organization called With Love from Jesus. Moreover, I’ve spearheaded campaigns promoting the development of school based health centers and lead drives catered to the needs of my community. These volunteer experiences developed my passion for service, which contributed to

During college, I want to take my contributions to another level through programs at the Community Engagement Center, like Project Pericles’s Civic Engagement courses or Debating for Democracy. This volunteering would not only supplement my education, but would also provide the hands-on experience that I learn best from, and even help clarify a career path from the many options available. In this process, I hope to prepare myself to help tackle the pressing problems that face our

This semester for my civic engagement, I got the opportunity to work with WKAR. It is part of Michigan State University Broadcasting Services, a division of MSU Communication Arts & Sciences. It includes WKAR-TV, WKAR Radio, WKAR.org, Radio Reading Service, WKAR Ready to Learn Service and Interactive Video Services. During my time with them, I got the opportunity to work with Jennifer Preslar. She is the Event/Project Coordinator for their Public Media Department. The project that I’m currently work on is the Indie Lens Pop-Up, Screening of I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin. For this project, I’ve got the opportunity to help Jennifer with marketing and promoting, and securing guest speakers. Through out this essay I will further expand on my experience with WKAR, and what I have learned thus far.

Discussing about volunteering to teenagers should be the first step for a better life, since teenagers are the future of tomorrow and they will leave a mark from yesterday. Volunteering has been such an important matter, that schools in many countries around the world established that 12th grade students will need certain hours of community service in order to graduate. But the frequent answers all the schools are getting are “Why do I need to volunteer? I have better things to do!” What people are forgetting is that each one of them is part of a community, a community that is not perfect and that the government sometimes forgets about their problems or needs, because obviously the government needs to take care of other things that require more attention. People are not only helping others, they are also helping themselves (Volunteering).

When determining the project students would be working on, the Education Committee of The Project came across an article on Fred Keller’s company – benefit cooperation certified company. These companies essentially focus on the planet, the community, and their profitability. In fact, he was actually one of the judges that were present on The Project panel. It was Fred Keller that recommended the students engage in The Project so they can learn how their project could become benefit cooperation certified. Having the students learn how their project can become certified allowed them to be civically engaged which ultimately impacts the community in a positive manner. “Civic engagement is the involvement in an activity related to community, often

Being an active citizen is something that everyone in the United States is required to be, yet not everyone actually is one. Many people may believe that just voting is enough to be a good citizen, but voting is actually the least of their duties. Citizens have a set of rights and responsibilities, including the right to participate in decisions that affect public welfare. Being an active citizen means that people get involved in their local communities and democracy at all levels, from their town to nationwide activity. This can be volunteering to clean up the park or street, or educating students on democratic values, skills and participation. Active citizenship is a mixture of knowledge, attitude, skills and actions that aim to contribute to building and preserving a democratic society. When citizens speak up about problems in their communities, public officials take notice and may take action to answer their concerns, which empowers the citizens of the community.