Civic involvement plays a significant role in creating a functioning society. Civic involvement helps to create a just society and allows individuals to have a voice in their community. Civic engagement serves many purposes, such as uniting a community to work towards a common cause and effect change. Civic engagement also promotes social justice and helps strengthen democracy as democracy depends on citizen involvement. Voting, volunteering, political activism, and participating are all examples of civic engagement. The government unites the community through common goals and laws and to evolve in any way, civic engagement is needed. There are many forms of civic engagement, one of which is political involvement. Civic participation is crucial for the government because it allows individuals to …show more content…
One issue that can benefit from civic involvement is global warming. Communities and local governments can come together to create sustainable and effective action plans to fight climate change. If everyone in our communities starts to make small changes to their lives such as turning off lights, unplugging appliances, recycling, riding bikes/scooters/electric vehicles, etc.we can collectively work together to slowly save our Earth. Pollution is another issue the community can come together to help create better solutions to save the planet. Civic involvement comes with a few challenges. Our current society is very polarized, causing people to lose faith and trust and turn away from civic participation. Many people lose hope when they don't see immediate change. Another issue is a lack of skills. Civic participation requires empathy, the ability to listen, and the ability to lead and be present. Many people lack such basic skills, causing difficulties. The lack of knowledge on how to participate is also a big