The title can be played around, it's the idea behind it that I'm more concerned with.

What do you guys think? Personally, I think this would be an excellent idea for a forum and am rather surprised there isn't one similar to it. People may discuss volunteering ideas, what groups they advocate, and what they are doing for their fellow mankind.

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Definition of civic engagement:
-the participation of civil society organizations and citizens-at-large through direct and indirect interactions with government, multilateral institutions and business establishments to influence decision making and share control over priority setting, policy making, resource allocations and access to public goods and services.
-means a person or a collective action designed to address a public concern or an unmet human, educational, health care, environmental, or public safety need

Post edited at 11:07 am on June 30, 2009 by dreamweaver

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Post edited at 10:09 am on June 30, 2009 by ToyJetpack

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Nice idea, but I don't think it would be used that much, certainly not enough traction for me to support adding a new forum for it.

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I've seen several topics that have talked about civic engagement. In fact, when I created this topic I saw one where the OP was talking about TWLOHA and promoting it at a high school through chalking.

Plus, if members did want to talk about it, where would they talk about it? The closest thing is Jobs & Hobbies but many people don't see volunteering as such. And the general rule is on here, if it doesn't fit anywhere place it in DTRM. And you might as well forget about advocating anything in that forum in a serious manner.

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Quote: from marshmellowman at 1:11 pm on June 30, 2009

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Nice idea, but I don't think it would be used that much, certainly not enough traction for me to support adding a new forum for it.

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I've seen several topics that have talked about civic engagement. In fact, when I created this topic I saw one where the OP was talking about TWLOHA and promoting it at a high school through chalking.

Plus, if members did want to talk about it, where would they talk about it? The closest thing is Jobs & Hobbies but many people don't see volunteering as such. And the general rule is on here, if it doesn't fit anywhere place it in DTRM. And you might as well forget about advocating anything in that forum in a serious manner.

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I would definitely talk about my experiences volunteering at a local animal rehabilitation shelter, and I would try and  promote others to volunteer at a local organization.

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It's almost people are in hiding with these projects and not that many people realize just what good we all can do. Sharing our experiences and ideas is just as vital as doing the good deed.

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To anyone who says we don't need it because there are not enough topics, people didn't need gyms, they could have used any old building, but they built them and more people came...

In short, good idea, I support.

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As a group however, I would not use it.

Post edited at 3:47 pm on June 30, 2009 by Chiefette

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I support this 100% and would be extremely active in such a forum.

As a group however, I would not use it.

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I think it is the same as the idea of an economics and financial issues forum.

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