The Effective Citizenship department is committed to assisting in increasing awareness of the social, cultural, and historical factors that shape today’s problems. These pages have been created in order to provide convenient access to a variety of political resources available throughout the internet. They include a variety of sources such as government agencies, organizations committed to keeping the public abreast of current issues, and nonprofit organizations.

Truly effective citizenship involves awareness of self and our place in the world, information gathering about problems and issues involving the various communities of which we are a part, judgment about the nature of these issues and ways to resolve them, and leadership and community involvement to bring together the people and resources necessary to address these issues.