1169 - ACCG Civic Engagement

As an elected official, you understand that citizen engagement plays an important role in creating good government. You also realize that it is a difficult task to recruit citizens to serve on boards, authorities, or committees. In the specialty course Civic Engagement, you will learn how to encourage constituents to share their insights, ideas, and suggestions and to become engaged in local problem solving and the process of governance. Class activities, discussions, and presentations will consider levels of citizen participation, explore the theory of civic engagement, examine ways to structure and facilitate public meetings, and define the benefits of civic engagement to politicians, citizens, and their communities. Civic Engagement is one of eight specialty courses in the Citizen Engagement specialty track.

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• ACCG Specialty Track- Citizen Engagement (CE) : ACCG Citizen Engagement- Part 1, ACCG Citizen Engagement- Part 2
• ACCG Specialty Track- Quality of Life/Social Issues (QL/SI) : ACCG Quality of Life- Crossover Stream