Intro to Civic Engagement

1. Intro to Civic Engagement Speak Out Arizona and Maricopa Community Colleges

2. Introduction & Overview • What is “Civic Engagement”? • Objectives for the workshop • Overview of format and agenda • Questions?

3. The “Civic Spectrum” AWARENESS INVOLVEMENT PASSION • ISSUES • PROCESSES • STRUCTURES • MECHANICS • EXPERIENCES • PRACTICAL SKILLS • RELATIONSHIPS • Accountability • Obligation • SELF • FAMILY • COMMUNITY • WORLD

4. 5 Things Every Arizonan Must Do • 5 Things – an Arizona response to trying times • Connection & Participation • Service • Role modeling, mentoring • Conflict resolution – finding “common ground” • Empathy for “the Other”

5. 5 Things Every Arizonan Must Do • 5 Things - Individual Self-Assessment • For each category, rate yourself either A, B, or C. • Which category is the easiest or most familiar to me? • Which category is the most challenging or difficult to me? Why?

6. Civic Engagement Think Tank • How well do people in our community live up to this category? What are the special opportunities and challenges for our community? • Brainstorm resources, suggestions, actions that individuals and groups can undertake to increase civic engagement within the assigned category. • Create a poster listing several actions that community members can take to increase the community’s civic engagement capacity for this category.

7. Civic EngagementAction Planning • Individual Planning Activity Compare your lowest ranked categories (from the individual assessment) to the recommendations from the groups that presented on that topic. • Which of these suggestions are you willing or able to take on? Can you think of other ideas? • Write at least one or two actions that you can commit to on your personal “Civic Engagement Action Plan”.

8. Civic EngagementAction Planning • GROUP Planning Activity: • Mark the two actions that you feel are the most important for the groups as a whole to take on for a group action plan.

9. Summary and Closing Remarks Thank you for your time!