Civic Engagement: Initiate Change in Your Community

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You don’t need a college degree and you don’t need to recite Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to initiate change in your community. YOU can make a difference in your community through both political and non-political processes.

Follow the news. Learn about community issues. Discuss with friends, neighbors, and coworkers. Follow city leaders and elected officials on social media. Reach out to city leaders, elected officials, and other agencies/groups/organizations.

Although people may approach issues from a different point of view, ultimately, people care deeply about health and equity.

Register on our site to connect with people like you interested in starting or supporting healthy social, political, or environmental change in your community or school.

YOU can impact social and environmental factors that influence health, like equitable access to nutritious food and safe places to walk and play.

Check out these resources below to build your civic knowledge:

Public Engagement and America’s Growing Latino Population Public Agenda’s Center for Advances in Public Engagement (CAPE) researches, develops and disseminates new insights and practices that help improve the quality of American public life by building the field of public engagement and citizen-centered politics.
Civic Engagement: Why Millennials Have Outpaced Seniors A blog post about how technology and social media play a role in civic engagement.
National Council of La Raza (NCLR) NCLR partners with Affiliates across the country to serve millions of Latinos in the areas of civic engagement, civil rights and immigration, education, workforce and the economy, health, and housing.
Urban Literacy: What is a Municipal Bond A guide to understanding the municipal bond process.
Center for Civic Education The Center for Civic Education is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational corporation dedicated to fostering the development of informed, responsible participation in civic life by citizens committed to values and principles fundamental to American constitutional democracy.
Circle – Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement CIRCLE promotes research on the civic and political engagement of Americans between the ages of 15 and 25.
Seattle’s Stranded Biking Families A Seattle Greenways blog about a mom who raises awareness about the need for a safe network streets so that all families can get around.