Right here, right now

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Now that you have seen how others have taken action at a local, state or federal level, it’s time for you to take action right here, right now. Your task is to design an appropriate action plan to influence the decision-making process for an important community issue. It can be an issue involving any level of government.

Is there anything going on right now in your local community that is causing you concern? If you are stuck for ideas click on the images. One is of a rural scene and one is of an urban scene. Both contain numerous community issues at different levels of government, if you can’t think of a community issue the images might give you an idea.

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Rural or urban issues

If you can't think of a community issue click on the images, they might give you some ideas. Text version (.pdf 212kB)

rural scene

urban scene

Design an action plan

It is important to remember that you may not always get the answer you wish. However, if it is something that you feel strongly about, keep the issue alive by constantly bringing it to the attention of the public and politicians.

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