Civic Engagement AmbassadorAt — Office of Undergraduate Studies - Civic Engagement

• Through their Civic Engagement in Action Project, interns will see themselves as agents of change, feeling a sense of empowerment gained through making goal(s), attending to them personally, and assessing their successes and/or failures through a lens of self-reflection and personal accountability. • Interns will gain a general understanding of the broad scope of Civic Engagement activities (volunteering, voting, protesting, supporting grass roots organizations, raising awareness for self or others, engaging with local, state and federal government, etc.) and how each of these activities have the potential to create change in their communities. • Interns will gain a general understanding of a variety of change making strategies, reflect on which one(s) align most closely with their Civic Engagement in Action Project goal(s), and apply them through their Civic Engagement in Action Project to test their efficacy. o Change-making strategies include:  Awareness raising  Coalition building/grassroots organizing  Direct action (protest)  Direct advocacy (speaking during government meetings, letters to local government, submitting public comments to proposed rules, etc.)  Working and advocating within (gaining a position of power or influence within an organization, government agency, etc.) • Interns will be able to articulate Civic Engagement Basics to their Peers, using their own language, and examples from issues prevalent in their own communities/communities they are passionate about supporting through their Civic Engagement in Action Project. • Through their work in their Civic Engagement in Action Projects, interns will see the importance of and necessity of having connections throughout a diverse array of communities to achieve social change goals. Students will have de-bunked the myth of individualism and see community change as collective work.