2420- What Is Active Civics and Why Does It Matter?

Talking about things that matter with people who care...

The McCuistion Program is an issues-oriented television program that illuminates business, social, economic and public policy concerns and challenges. Each program focuses on a current/ timely topic of importance, in a talk show format with expert guests and develops the various concepts or issues of that particular topic , in objectively, fairly and evenly presented discussion. Viewers are invited to make their opinions known and to actively get involved in making a difference; whether by active participation in civic and charitable activities or letting their city, state and national elected officials know how they (the viewers) feel.

2420- What Is Active Civics and Why Does It Matter?

Joining Dennis McCuistion, host of the McCuistion Program, to talk about civics and its criticality are guests Margo McClinton Stoglin, PhD: IGNITE Texas State Director, Meredith Norris: Generation Citizen Central Texas Site Director, and Dodie Kaspar: Coordinator of Law Related Education.

According to our guests, there are so many sources of information on what one needs to know in order to be an informed, engaged citizen that it is hard to know what sources are reliable and can be trusted.

We define “Active Civics” as the study of the theoretical and practical aspects of citizenship, its rights and duties; the duties of citizens to each other as members of a political body and the government, and a citizen as a person with citizenship- via membership in a political community such as a country or city.

Civics is active participation and engagement in systems and structures. It can refer to government engagement and community involvement, civic knowledge, and action. It’s about creating voter registration and activism, caring about one’s community, knowing how elected officials vote on laws, knowing about our policies and procedures locally and nationally.

Today, nearly 2/3 of Americans cannot name all three branches of government. Yet knowing about the foundation of our Constitution and being educated about issues allows one to vote with knowledge.

Voting has gone down by 15% in a generation. In 1960 25% of the youth population reported that they followed public affairs most of the time. By 2000 that figure was down to 5%.

Tune in to learn more about how you can become more civically active and help our students be more aware citizens and more informed voters.

This episode of McCuistion TV available on the C-Suite Network.