Write two or three paragraphs reflecting on political beliefs and civic life that you see your parents discuss or participate in. How does this affect you?
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Answer:when i hear my parents talking about trump, i am effected because i start to look up political debates instead of doing school work
Explanation:
Explanation:
Civic engagement or civic participation is any individual or group activity addressing issues of public concern.[1] Citizens acting alone or together to protect public values or make a change or difference in the community are common types of civic engagement. Civic engagement includes communities working together in both political and non-political actions. The goal of civic engagement is to address public concerns and promote the quality of the community.
Volunteering is an important type of civic engagement. Pictured are volunteers cleaning up after the 2012 Hurricane Sandy.
Civic engagement "is a process in which people take collective action to address issues of public concern" and is absolutely "instrumental to democracy" (Checkoway & Aldana, 2012).[2] Underrepresentation of groups in the government causes issues faced by groups such as minority, low-income, and younger groups to be overlooked or ignored. In turn, issues for higher voting groups are addressed more frequently causing more bills to be passed to fix these problems (Griffin & Newman, 2008). [3]
Civic engagement helps the "emergence of diversity democracy", which is defined as a way to "influence agency decisions" from ways besides voting (Checkoway & Aldana, 2013). [4] An informed voter is beneficial for a democracy and the only way for this to occur is through education. One potential solution is to create a mandatory training course for younger voters to learn of the opportunities with civic engagement. Additionally historically lower voter turnout groups may lack basic resources to understand how to register to vote or even how to get to voting locations.[5]