Building Blocks of Citizenship: 50 Ways to Be a More Engaged, Active Citizen This Year-&nbsp;Joshua Neuman wrote in Citizenship and Building Blocks Of Citizenship
Even for the human race, we are newborns when it comes to citizenship. Our notion of citizenship was born out of the 18th&nbsp;century&mdash;if human history were plotted out on a calendar that would make the citizen&rsquo;s birthday December 31 at 11:59 p.m. and 59 seconds.&nbsp; In the scheme of things, we&rsquo;re newcomers to the very notion of citizenship.
And we&rsquo;re not exactly working overtime to catch up.
While we routinely spend our entire lives becoming good family members and our adulthood becoming good parents, when it comes to being good citizens, we&rsquo;re stuck in a prolonged infancy.
That&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;ll be sharing essays, reports, and provocations over the next 50 weeks to reinforce 50 key building blocks to citizenship. Play around with them, experiment, stack them up, DO them&mdash;hopefully, by the end, we&amp;#8217;ll have learned to walk.
Citizen Building Block #1: Consume Local News
Citizen Building Block #2: Champion a Pet Issue
This post is part of the GOOD community&amp;#8217;s 50 Building Blocks of Citizenship. Follow along, join the discussion,&nbsp;and share your experience at #goodcitizen.
Illustration by Jessica De Jesus