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Beyond "The Crisis in Civics"
This document discusses civic participation and activism. It suggests that if we want civic participation that is meaningful, impactful and scalable, we should: 1) Move beyond viewing politics and activism as separate, and instead focus on empowering individual agency. 2) Understand the different levers for change, like legislation, authority and public opinion, as well as developing new tactics. 3) Deepen people's foundations of understanding on issues while also increasing their engagement through actions like petitions, protests, and social media. 4) Recognize that thick, impactful civic participation at a large scale requires distributing control and leadership broadly throughout communities.
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- 1. Beyond “The Crisisin Civics” Ethan Zuckerman MIT Center for Civic Media (@CivicMIT, @ethanz)
- 2. “Lunch Scholars” Austin Oberbillig and Evan Ricks Olympia High School January 2012
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- 54. if we wantcivic participation that is thick, impactful and scaleable:
- 55. if we wantcivic participation that is thick, impactful and scaleable: get beyond politics vs. activism, and focus on agency
- 56. if we wantcivic participation that is thick, impactful and scaleable: get beyond politics vs. activism, and focus on agency understand levers as well as developing new tactics
- 57. if we wantcivic participation that is thick, impactful and scaleable: get beyond politics vs. activism, and focus on agency understand levers as well as developing new tactics deepen foundations of understanding while climbing the ladder of engagement
- 58. if we wantcivic participation that is thick, impactful and scaleable: get beyond politics vs. activism, and focus on agency understand levers as well as developing new tactics deepen foundations of understanding while climbing the ladder of engagement understand that thick participation at scale means devolving control
- 59. thanks for listening @ethanz ethanz@mit.edu