Civic Engagement And Citizen Engagement

An interesting book I've come across during my rebellion studies is Diana Boros's "Creative Rebellion for the Twenty-first Century: The importance of Public and Interactive Art to Political life in America". In this book, Boros brings up some interesting points about the decline in public participation in our political systems. She claims that without this participation we are unable to sustain a fair and healthy democratic system. Unfortunately, the voting booths are not enough to keep a political system alive and this inactivity could hold potential dangers for our futures. Boros believes we need new solutions to engage people with public affairs, saying " We must seek ways and provide the tools, to draw citizens from their individualistic

Henry VIII was a king of England from 1509 to 1547. He kept his power because he was able to reciprocate some of the suggestions that Niccoló Machiavelli expressed in his book, “The Prince.” Although there were many similarities in how Henry VIII ruled England and what Machiavelli explains in “The Prince,” Henry VIII did deviate from Machiavelli’s tips.

I am writing to inform you of how important it is, in any free country or democratic republic, civic and political participation is absolutely crucial because without it, decisions about the affairs of the state would be left to a select few, who could enact laws that aren't in the best interests of the people.

Citizen participation is one of many democratic features. In citizen participation people are allowed to participate in the government. Citizen participation may take many forms, including becoming informed, debating issues, voting in elections. Also attending community events, being members of a private voluntary organizations, serving

Civic Engagement Fair: Reflection Essay Socrates once said, “Perfection is constant change”. We live in a world that is constantly changing from the economy to the technology to even our everyday lives. This constant change can be seen particularly through the political process. The Civic Engagement project reflected these changes immensely with differing parties and their platforms, the various ways individuals could participate in the political process and how people discover their own ideals.

Civic Engagement is a necessary focus that many young adults overlook. It is about learning and knowing how to fight for one’s belief or a noble cause, and trying to bring about change to a social or political condition (Parisella, 2013). The Washington Center’s Civic Engagement Framework required some components such as attending two modules that addressed issues of public concern and strategies for citizen participation, a public policy dialogue, and direct service. The first two served as an educational purpose to teach students how to get involved and finally the direct service allowed the opportunity for students to take action and volunteer. Therefore, I wanted my civic engagement to relate to the hazardous things that humans are exposed

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 Presidential election of 2000 was the first time we can account for having an election on both sides of the political parties making a real outreach to Latinos, but why is it that although we have been a part of this country’s history since before the beginning did it take so long for the Latino to final be a part of this civic engagement process?

We may live in a country that encourages voting in political elections, yet the level of voter turnout in America is relatively small and continues to decline. Compared to other countries with democratic governments, the United States falls very near the bottom of the list with its percentage of voter participation. One explanation for this disturbing phenomenon states that the American system requires more effort from voters, asking them to participate in “more elections for more levels of government with more elective offices at each level than any other country in the world” (Schudson 159). In most other democracies, the citizens may be asked to vote only 2 or 3

The agency has discussed about Civic Engagement primarily for the homeless people around the Georgia State campus. The purpose of the organization is to reach out to volunteers to help make a change to the homeless society and promote the quality of life to them. During the time with the agency, they provide an overview of the youths and adults who are homeless around campus. One issue they mentioned is that homelessness is very invisible because no one pays attention to them, and people tend to only care for themselves. In my experience as a Freshmen, I see students walk pass them every day, and they have their first impressions of staying away from the homeless because of the clothes they wear and the way they act to other people.

After seeing many problems in the U.S. democracy, the major issue would be the amount non-voters in the U.S. This is an issue that is gradually affecting the political process in the U.S. especially in the present election right now. The reason that non-voters are a concern would be because citizens are not contributing to their political engagement, which causes votes to only come from one specific area. There are various types of ways to address the amount political engagement for individuals. For example, government officials can “eliminate voting barriers, boost registration, and improve unions”(McElwee, 2014). One way to improve the issue of non-voters would be to make voting simple and allow people to vote online because we are a country

Voting is the foremost way to exhibit good citizenship and civil responsibility. People should get involved in elections and educated in all political measures. By this they become good and responsible participatory citizens. It should always be remembered that some people sacrifice their lives to preserve the freedom and voting opportunity as a sacred right. True democracy demands the involvement of the people otherwise in absence of that there is no democracy(Akande, 2011).

The data I will be analyzing comes from the United States Citizenship, Involvement (CID) Survey conducted in 2006. The survey was produced by Georgetown University’s Center for Democracy and Civil Society (CDACS) with an aim at illustrating “American civic engagement in comparative perspective” (Howard, Gibson, & Stolle, 2006, p.3).

Greek mythology is used for the explanation on how humankind lived. Religion was the main source of myths. There were many things it was used for like the explanation on how Gods, Goddesses, monsters and mythical creatures lived in ancient times. This mythology explained the origin of gods and their lifestyle and where humanity would go after death. The original gods were Uranus and Gaia. They had a total twelve Titans, one of the most known and powerful Titan was named Iapetus, he repr. During the Golden Age when Uranus was defeated, Iapetus was in charge of the Western part of the mythological world, until he was defeated by Zeus and imprisoned.

“As a source of energy, nothing matches the sun…. Only a small fraction of the sun’s power output strikes the Earth, but even that provides 10,000 times as much as all the commercial energy that humans use on the planet” ("Make Solar Energy Economical"). This is good evidence that investing in solar energy can be valuable because not only is it clean and renewable, but it is also plentiful. This makes solar energy better option then the use of fossil fuel, however there are a couple of challenges with solar energy that must first be overcome before even thinking about cutting fossil fuels. For example, while solar panels do create energy from the sun, they are not very efficient. Most of today’s “commercial panels” only capture 10 to 20 percent or the sun’s energy which means the cost of solar energy is 3 to 6 times more expensive then what we currently use (qtd. in DOE). Additionally, the the solar panels can be costly to manufacture because the materials used need to be of high purity so it does not interfere with the flow of the electrical charge. One also needs to consider that while the solar panels can create energy when the sun is out, this is not the case during the night or when it is cloudy/stormy. Therefore, storage of this power is very important because it would enable people to always have power. So, solar energy is quite promising and with improvement it has the ability to replace fossil fuels which is one of the grand challenges for engineers.