Sentences with phrase «when civic participation»

And that's when civic participation goes up from 3 percent to 50 percent.

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«Its proposed new government structure would dilute and disenfranchise people of color and other underrepresented groups at a time when greater participation in our civic process must be encouraged rather than diminished,» she said.

Its proposed new government structure would dilute and disenfranchise people of color and other underrepresented groups at a time when greater participation in our civic process must be encouraged rather than diminished.

When you actually look at young people's participation, you find that a very large number of them, probably around half, are involved in some kind of civic participation.

If we're going to redefine civics to include a much wider range of participation than we previously did and look at what kids really are doing when they're engaging in civic activity, absolutely central to that is the fact that they've got access to new media.

So while an organization like Google won't be looking at how often someone votes when assessing a potential employee, the underlying traits that lead to higher civic participation — empathy, self - control, and self - efficacy — are highly sought - after.

While the authors focused on how adults learn civic skills on the job or through participation in voluntary organizations, it is in school that people are most likely to learn them when young.

(Calif.) There's a problem in California when it comes to civic participation and many experts agree that one of the best places to start turning that around is in public school classrooms.

When every level of government was broke, it was this neighborhood planning progress that really helped drive the sense of civic participation.