Beyond the Vote: Taking Youth Civic Engagement to the Next Level
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Beyond the Vote:Taking Youth Civic
Engagement tothe Next Level
Michael MinksOutreach Manager
Youth Service America
National Service-Learning Conference 2009Friday, March 20 1:45pm
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The Future of
DemocracyWe need young people to be civicallyengaged in order to define and addresspublic problems. Their participation isimportant for democracy, for institutionssuch as schools, and for young peoplethemselves, who are more likely to succeedin life if they are engaged in theircommunities. Youth are tolerant, patriotic,and idealistic, but most lack the skills andopportunities they need to participate inpolitics or address public problems. We mustboth prepare citizens for politics and improve
politics for citizens. Peter Levine
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Agenda
Background & Theory (15 minutes)
Civic Engagement Defined
Civic Engagement & Service-Learning Standards Civic Engagement & the Millennials
Research Review (20 minutes)
Action Planning (40 minutes) Focus Group (10 minutes)
Q & A (5 minutes)
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Civic Engagement
Almost one third of respondents feltthey did not know what this phrasemeant, and another 22 percent gavemiscellaneous responses that wewere unable to classify. (over 50%)
Despite the popularity of the phrasein education today, Millennials werethe most likely (at 42%) to say theydidnt know what it meant.
- 2008 Civic Health Index
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What is Civic
Engagement? Individual and collective
actions designed to identify and
address issues of publicconcern or all behaviors thataffect public matters
More than Volunteering & Voting
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Youth Engagement:
Youth As Citizens Youth Voice Youth Leadership Youth Decision-Making Youth Philanthropy Youth Media/Journalism Youth Voting Youth Organizing
Youth Service Youth Participation Youth Membership Youth Activism Youth Social Entrepreneurship Youth Governance
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Civic Indicators
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Relationship to Service
& Service-Learning Service-Learning as part of
Civic Engagement Civic engagement as part of
Service-Learning Direct Service + Civic Action
Advocacy Focused Projects Civic Action as Follow-Up
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Goals
Short-Term Increase in civic indicators
Intermediate Sense of connectedness to community
benefits to youth & community
Long-Term Systematic youth engagement,
social/cultural/policy change
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Civic Engagement
Standards Multi-behavior (Link to Curriculum) Sustained (Duration & Intensity)
Strategic Results (Progress Monitoring) Inclusive (Diversity) Collective (Partnerships)
Citizen-Centered (Youth Voice) Issue Focused (Meaningful Service) Localized (Meaningful Service)
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Millennials
Born 1980/85 2000/05 (everyone currently in K-16)
Mobile, connected, technological, communications
savvy, social networkers Living the cause lifestyle, highest rate of
volunteerism
Racially and ethnically diverse, open-minded &tolerant
Leadership through partnership, involved locally,dislike spin & polarized debate, seek authenticdiscussion & dialogue
Educated, multi-taskers
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Recent Research
Civic Health Index Social Citizens Millennials Talk Politics
Democracy 2.0 Citizens at the Center Civic Engagement Gap
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Recent Research
What are the 2-3 most interesting,most important facts?
What is one implication for your work?
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Why Students Engage
They are asked.
Infrastructure & opportunitiesprovided.
Engaged in other ways.
Focused on issues. Expectation of engagement.
Engagement starts early.
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Recommendations
All Students Need to haveOpportunities for Civic and PoliticalParticipation & Students NeedOpportunities and Space for Deliberation on Public Issues (MTP)
Citizen-centered approaches:Citizens define important issues anddecide on appropriate actions (CatC)
Use social media as a new publiccommons, build a movement (SC, D2.0)
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Groups
What are your ideas for integratingcivic engagement into your service
and service-learning programs? Advocacy projects? Reflection & Follow up? Direct service & civic action?
Educate about processes, options? Highlight & recognize? Resources? Young Children?
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Focus Group
What resources would be helpful?
What features should a civic engagementwebsite have? For Youth (Issues, Impact, Interact) For Adults
Would a campaign help to promoteengagement and connect concepts?
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Questions?
Michael MinksOutreach Manager Youth Service Americamminks@ysa.org
202.296.2992 x125www.ServiceVote.org
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