Civic leadership or civic participation is when an individual or group activity addresses issues of public concern. Civic leadership includes communities working together or individuals working alone in political and non-political spaces to protect public values or change a community. The goal of civic leadership is to address public concerns and promote the quality of the community. Sometimes this is done through political action such as running for office, establishing a petition, or voting.
According to the 2006 National Civic and Political Health Survey, seven percent of 15- to 25-year-old Americans participated in 10 or more community engagement or political activities within the previous year. Compared to their peers who report no civic engagement activities, this group was more likely to be African-American, urban, attend church regularly, from a family with parents who volunteer, a current student (in college or high school), and from a college-educated home.
Co-authors Diane McMillan, LMSW, and Robert D. Tompkins have been working on ‘The Candidate,’ formerly referred to as ‘The Guide‘ since May 2017. What originally started as curriculum for a proposed Political Action course has evolved into a guidebook and online training.
The tagline for this forthcoming release is “Civics was taught. We learned to be engaged in the process. History was informative. We went wrong somewhere.”
Slated to release this fall, the programming, managed by our sister company J2911, is for all individuals seeking to learn more about being politically active and moving into civic leadership.
Stay tuned for more details on this release.
