Social Change

0 Citizenship requires an individual to feel a sense of responsibility.

0 This responsibility requires the citizen to improve life.

0 By improving life within their community, social change is being promoted.

0 Social change is produced through the actions of the community.

Dictionary Definition

0 an inhabitant of a city or town; especially : one entitled to the rights and privileges of a freeman

0 a member of a state

0 a native or naturalized person who owes allegiance to a government and is entitled to protection from it

0 a civilian as distinguished from a specialized servant of the state

Our Definition

0 If a Citizen is an individual that belongs to certain community, then Citizenship is the individual’s rights, duties, and obligations as a citizen.

0 Within the Social Change Model, and for our definition, citizenship centers on active participation as a result of a sense of responsibility to the communities in which people live.

0 To hold citizenship, one must be actively engage in their community and strive to promote the quality of life.

Group Work in Relation to Citizenship

0 Citizenship is solely dependent on the community.

0 A community consists of individuals working together to help sustain life.

0 Without a community there are no citizens.

0 Thus, Citizenship is built upon group work

0 Each part of the community requires different individuals to help sustain the quality of life.

0 Each individual involved is a citizen with true citizenship status.

Group

Hercules Area Council

0 As a Floor Representative, I encourage all Hercules citizens to participate in the Hercules Area Council

0 It is here, where you can voice your concerns about the Hercules community and ultimately change UCF

0 Parties

0 Game days

0 Competitions

0 Events

LEAD Selections Committee

0 As a member of the LEAD Selections Committee I can help better the LEAD Scholars organization by improving the quality of individuals accepted into LEAD Scholars.

0 This in turns generates more productive leaders in the community and enhances social change.

UCF Community

0 A True Citizen does not have to be a citizen in power.

0 You could be a member of the PLC

0 You could be a Floor Representative in HAC

0 You could be a volunteer for the Chocolate lover’s Club!

0 The point is, Citizenship is about active participation.

Works Cited

0 All information can be found in the course textbook.

0 Komives, Susan R. Leadership for a Better World, Jossey Bass, 2009. Pages: 144-190

0 The link for images are provided below them.

0 Club information: http://osi.ucf.edu/student-orgs/

0 All sounds can be found in respective slides.

0 Notes contain transcripts from audio

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