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How you can help <br /> <br />Adopt a class at any grade level and offer your <br />help in scheduling local resource people. <br />Make contact with civics or government teachers <br />at your local high schools and ask how you can <br />help in bringing civics to life. <br />Sponsor a shadowing program to give students a <br />first-hand look at a local government or non-profit <br />career. <br />Design your next community project to include <br />participation by young people. <br /> <br />And that's where you and I come in. I am a finn believer in the idea that <br />"actions speak louder than words." I suspect, given the service orientation of <br />this group, that most of you feel the same way... <br /> <br />On behalf of my own professional organization and a statewide group called <br />the Civic Education Consortium, I'm asking you to join us in helping students <br />to develop that commitment to civic involvement. <br /> <br />There are some very concrete ways that your organization can encourage <br />participation in the community by young people. <br /> <br />[Show this screen and provide handout with more detailed explanations.] <br /> <br />Thank you for your time today. Please consider these suggestions as a starting <br />point. I'm sure that you can develop many more ideas of your own to help <br />students to see that the work we do really does affect people's lives. <br /> <br />Given the discouraging trends in voting and civic involvement we looked at <br />earlier, I think all of us who are committed to a civic life are going to have to <br />go the extra mile to nurture that same attitude in our young people. <br /> <br /> <br />