Application of Knowledge
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, MO
Active citizenship includes the contribution of one's time and effort in addition with becoming educated about the issue they are trying to help fix. In this way, a volunteer can contribute to a cause in the best way possible by approaching an issue in an informed way.
We became active citizens because of the listed reasons below:
What We Learned Before the Trip:
The Knowledge We Took Away From the Service Trip That Can Be Applied in the Future:
What We Learned on the Trip:
Steps to becoming an Active Citizen
The Active Citizenship Continuum
This semester through lecture presentations and our class discussions, we learned about the process and importance of becoming active citizens. We were able to use what we learned in class to enrich our experiences in Kansas City!
The Components of Active Citizenship
We learned that the key to an effective and impactful service trip would be for us to embrace the roles of active citizens. This requires prior education on not only the community we work with, but also direct service in the community, effort to make connections with members of the community, and reflection of our experiences.