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March 9, 2024Civic Learning and Living Are Ongoing
If we care about the future of America, civic learning and living are ongoing and should be priorities if we want to preserve our way of life.
There is an urgent need to not only make civic education available in our schools to help protect and strengthen our republic and its democratic form of government but also to make it a part of our conversation at every opportunity.
Civic learning and living are ongoing and should be priorities not only where we live but nationwide.
We just ended Civic Learning Week, which was set aside to emphasize the importance of every citizen having the necessary understanding and tools to engage and participate in our democratic form of government.
Given the state of our current discordant political environment and the destructive discourse that has commandeered our public dialogue, civic learning is needed more than ever.
Events and forums covering an array of civic learning topics were held in communities all across the country. But civic learning and living are ongoing and should last beyond a week.
The topics included how civic education can be effectively taught in high school, engaging and exposing students to how our government works, and providing forums to better understand the Constitution and the important role each branch of government plays in protecting and promoting a democratic republic.
Civic Learning and Living Are Ongoing
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Were you aware of the civic learning activities that occurred in your state, your community?
If you missed the activities in your community, it is not too late.
Since civic learning and living should be ongoing, seeking knowledge and a better understanding of how our government works and our role as citizens in ensuring it works correctly can take place anytime.
That are many resources available online.
As we continue to be engulfed in divisiveness and polarization, without civic education in America’s schools and a lack of access to high quality information, millions of citizens are left without the wherewithal to know how our government should work.
Therefore, citizens are vulnerable to misinformation and disinformation and may be unable to make a decision in the best interest of themselves, their city, state, or the nation.
How do we expect our democracy to remain healthy or survive, let alone thrive?
Civic learning and living are ongoing and needed more than ever if we want to preserve our way of life in America.
Portions of this article first in the Missouri Independent where you can see the full article.
