This project involves successfully identifying a local elected representative, scheduling a meeting with them or their staff, and conducting a focused, productive conversation. The tangible outcome is a successfully completed meeting or formal engagement with an elected official. This demonstrates active civic participation and the ability to navigate formal communication channels within local government. It matters because it fosters direct accountability and provides a pathway for citizen input into policy-making. For a small project, the integration involves a single, direct interaction with a public office.
This project is geared for individuals who are curious about government, motivated to impact their community, comfortable with structured communication, and eager to build foundational civic engagement skills.
Your strengths and how they will be useful
Your strengths and how they will be useful
Skills you will develop
Hard Skills (3)
Soft Skills (5)
Unravel to explain how each skill will be learned / performed successfully during the project.
Potential friction points and how to mitigate them
Potential friction points and how to mitigate them
Summary
By completing this, you become a more engaged and effective citizen. Your capacity to navigate formal civic processes expands, allowing you to directly influence local decisions and advocate for community needs. This experience shifts your mindset from passive observation to active participation, opening doors to further community leadership roles, deeper understanding of governance, and the confidence to meaningfully contribute to public discourse.
Summary
By completing this, you become a more engaged and effective citizen. Your capacity to navigate formal civic processes expands, allowing you to directly influence local decisions and advocate for community needs. This experience shifts your mindset from passive observation to active participation, opening doors to further community leadership roles, deeper understanding of governance, and the confidence to meaningfully contribute to public discourse.