{"id":12965,"date":"2024-08-08T21:48:34","date_gmt":"2024-08-09T01:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/?page_id=12965"},"modified":"2024-08-26T11:37:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T15:37:45","slug":"civic-democratic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-involvement\/dawgs-vote\/civic-democratic-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic &amp; Democratic Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Dawgs Vote Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-involvement\/dawgs-vote\/voting-information\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Voting Information<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-involvement\/dawgs-vote\/civic-education\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Civic Education<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-involvement\/dawgs-vote\/civic-democratic-engagement\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Civic &amp; Democratic Engagement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-involvement\/dawgs-vote\/community-engagement\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Community Engagement<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-involvement\/dawgs-vote\/civic-wellness\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Civic Wellness<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-involvement\/dawgs-vote\/calendar-of-civic-engagement-events\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Calendar of Civic Engagement Events<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/student-involvement\/dawgs-vote\/faculty-resources\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Faculty Resources<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-civic-amp-democratic-engagement\"><strong>Civic &amp; Democratic Engagement<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-blue-medium-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ebef3c46078f02c356e2ac3f3e6ab30f\" id=\"h-what-is-civic-engagement\">What is Civic Engagement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Civic engagement<\/strong>&nbsp;is contributing and working to make a difference in the public (or civic) life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and commitment to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community and solving public problems, through both political and non-political processes. Civic engagement is undergirded by constructs of collective action and social responsibility. (Ehrlich, 2000). Democratic engagement is a component of civic engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-theme-blue-medium-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-752ab658b925bfbbc1a1b85a0eb18532\" id=\"h-what-is-democratic-engagement\">What is Democratic Engagement?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Democratic engagement<\/strong>&nbsp;is the practice of engaged citizenship (defined as membership in a community) through&nbsp;democratic&nbsp;mechanisms and principles. 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