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Participate in the Civic Challenge


The Engage Arkansas Civic Challenge is a way for Arkansans to connect around critical issues in our state. By partnering with organizations working to impact and bring awareness to specific causes, the Civic Challenge highlights ways participants can engage and make change in Arkansas communities. Each month, we will focus these efforts on one specific issue.

Everyone has strengths. Maybe you have a large social following and one of your strengths is your voice. Maybe you're a wizard at organizing or a powerful advocate. We all have something to bring to the table.

Civic engagement is a vital part of existing in a community. It's what keeps us connected, allows us to flourish and grow, and helps us make productive group decisions. Civic engagement is often confused with volunteerism, and while volunteering is a small piece of civic engagement, it encompasses so much more than just service. As much as we may feel alone, we are a collective unit, and civic engagement is what links us together.


2023 Civic Challenge Calendar

January National Mentoring Month
February Health Equity
March National Nutrition Month
April

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

Keep America Beautiful Month

May Older Americans Month
June Civic Season: Juneteenth - Independence Day
July National Recreation & Parks Month
August National Nonprofit Day & Family Day
September National Recovery Month
October National Book Month
November National Veterans & Military Families Month
December Month of Giving

Civic engagement is individual and collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern.

Civically engaged individuals care about what’s going on around them, and they take action. There are many ways to get involved, but some key categories include: taking political action, connecting to information and current events, being socially connected, participating in a group, and engaging in some sort of service. Civic engagement has many faces, and part of the objective of this challenge is to unravel what civic engagement looks like to a group and an individual in a community.

Participating in the 2023 Civic Challenge is a great way to grow your knowledge of what it means to be an engaged citizen.

 

Follow the Calls to Actions


Take these steps to get registered today:

  • Create a volunteer account on the Engage Arkansas website. Scroll through this guide to learn how.
  • Each month, you will find opportunites to engage with specific organizations in our volunteer portal. We will also use our social channels to provide ideas and opportunities from organizations working to address specific issues. You're welcome to select your own organizations to support.
  • Once you've completed a CALL TO ENGAGE each month, log your hours in your volunteer portal account.
  • Once you've completed the Civic Challenge, export your volunteer hours report and send to engage.ar@adhe.edu no later than January 14, 2023.
  • Pictures in action are awesome but not required.
  • All participants who complete the Civic Challenge will receive an Engaged Arkansan award and will be entered into a drawing for a grand prize.

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