What are the attitudes one needs to be an effective citizen?
- Awareness of others
- Caring
- Respect for differences
- Conscious
- Patient
- Critical
- Loving
- Commitment to the common good
- Democracy is hard but we must stay hopeful about it.
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- Assertive
- Open minded and open heart
- Proactive
- Lean into discomfort/take risks
- There is more than one way of addressing an issue.
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What are the actions one must take to be an effective citizen?
- Leave your house
- Participate
- Know (learn about. . . ) your values
- Think and act and reflect, the do it again
- Plant living things
- Share ideas
- Listen to opposing ideas
- Create safety so people can speak openly
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- Stand up for your beliefs
- Turn of the TV
- Attend a council meeting
- Know what's happening
- Listening
- Helping others
- Breathe
- Actively participate in the political process
- Stand up for your beliefs
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What are the skills one needs to be an effective citizen?
- Able to listen fully w/o judgment
- Communicate clearly
- Ability to admit one is mistaken
- To have an opinion
- Proactive
- Balancing individual interest with concern for the "common
good"
- Language in arts & culture
- Empathy
- Ability to take initiative and think independently
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- Critical thinking & interpretation (especially with the
media)
- To be able to judge fairly
- Do your research
- Hear all sides
- Collaboration
- To seek to understand the motives behind people's actions
- To envision issues holistically
- An ability to give voice to your heart and mind and nurture
that ability in others
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What knowledge does one need to be an effective citizen?
- Understand history
- Knowledge of yourself
- A knowledge of our rights and responsibilities
- An appreciation and understanding of different learning styles
- Who to contact and influence
- Who to ask for help
- Vision of the future and of what we want
- How to communicate with peaceful passion
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- Understanding of your own power and how to pass it all around
- The arts
- Personal accounts carry more weight
- Knowledge of your personal history, the history of your community,
country, and the citizens within it
- Knowledge of the infinite possibilities
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What are the commitments one must make to be an effective citizen?
- Awareness of the issues around them
- To keep being active, especially when one is uncomfortable
- Compassion
- Know your heart and be open to knowing the heart of others
- Participate by voting--learning about issues
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- Listen actively every day
- Listen compassionately to those who think differently than you
do
- Time--weekly to help others
- Find your gifts and share yourself with your family and community
- Reach out
- Get involved
- Change
- Learning
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