Let’s get clear on what civic engagement even is.

The AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION says it’s:

Individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern.

YOUTH.GOV x NEW YORK TIMES say it:

involves working to make a difference in the civic life of one’s community and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.

Civic engagement includes both paid and unpaid forms of political activism, environmentalism, and community and national service.

JT here!

Ok so, deadaxx, we thought we were being original when we came up with this, but apparently great minds think alike! And, Boo, apparently we think like...The Atlantic!? *shoulder shimmy* Hell, Eric Liu even did a TED Talk calling civics sexy! *hair flip* And the good sir is correct!

If you ever watched “Scandal” and felt the need to invest in a white couch, a white coat, and a year’s supply of red wine, you know deep down civics can be sultry. 

If you know where the line “chaos is a ladder” came from, (Spoiler: Littlefinger! Game of Thrones! Season 7! Episode 4!) you know civics can get scandalous.

If you’ve ever swiped right on a ‘sapiosexual’ or met a single with great edges and a pretty smile who likes to ‘give back to the community’ without too much fuss or fanfare, you KNOW civics can literally be sexy. 

CIVICS IS ABOUT POWER.

PEOPLE-driven power. It’s not toothless. It’s actionable. It’s what we do because we love and care about more than ourselves. It’s not a front. Civics ain’t always civil. *STARES DIRECTLY TO CAMERA* It’s not always beach cleanups and food drives. Occasionally, civics means the petroleum jelly must be fetched and the earrings and bangles released to the streets. It means clapping back for the community, when necessary. It means knowing who the plug is that can rally the people to action. It means “we,” not always, “I”. 

We’re talking genuine selflessness. A doer-AND-a-talker. Noble intentions. And you SMART???

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