Ways To Be
Civically Engaged
What are some examples of ways citizens can participate? Check out these suggestions from Center for Civic Education:
- Look for information in newspapers, magazines, and reference materials and judge its accuracy
- Vote in local, state and national elections
- Participate in a political discussion
- Try to persuade someone to vote a certain way
- Sign a petition
- Wear a button or putting a sticker on the car
- Write to elected representatives
- Contribute money to a party of candidate
- Attend meetings to gain information, discuss issues, or lend support campaigning for a candidate
- Lobby for laws that you care about
- Demonstrate through marches, boycotts, sit-ins, or other forms of protest
- Serve as a juror
- Run for office
- Hold public office
- Serve the country through military or other service