Active Citzens

And Social Justice

This is two-fold: a discussion on the Active Citizen Continuum Who is this for?
and a presentation on social justice. The discussion on the The most invested:
Active Citizen Continuum should be to identify where the chap- If your chapter is comprised of
ter believes they are at, and how civic engagement persists members that always get their
beyond an individual activity or event. The goal of these presen- service hours in on time and are
tations is to bring to light the social issues are a part of society regularly engaged with different
and what is the root cause behind them, and how the projects across the community,
organizations that your members volunteer at are intertwined in then this is a great next step
that system. for your chapter. This will allow
your members to further
Some guidelines for the Active Citizen Continuum Discussion: understand what social struc-
- What do you believe is the role of each tier on the Ac- tures cause and contribute to
tive Citizen Continuum Discussion? the needs that local organiza-
- Where do believe you stand as an individual member, tions attend to. For members
and as a chapter? that are continual volunteers for
- How can one move forward on the Continuum? As an organization, or are inter-
brothers and sisters, how can we assist others on moving for- ested in social justice, this could
ward on their own Continuum? be a great opportunity for them
to create a presentation and
Some guidelines for the Social Justice Presentation engage the rest of the chapter
- What is the social injustice and what perpetuates it? in what interests them.
- Who should take action? If not you, then who?
- What are more resources to become informed?

Requirements
Overall Requirement:
- Discuss the Active Citizen Continuum and create social justice presentations to be
shown in chapter.
Submission Requirements:
- Show evidence of a discussion on the Active Citizen Continuum and a social justice
presentation for at least one topic a semester. If the discussion on the Active Citizen Con-
tinuum has already occurred for that year, a social justice presentation should take place for
at least two topics a semester. Submissions will contain the presentation itself, or the notes
used to give the presentation if the presentation is not media based.

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