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Public Achievement is a youth civic
engagement initiative focused on the most basic concepts
of citizenship, democracy and public
work. Public Achievement draws on the talents and desires of
ordinary people to build a better world and to create a different
kind of politics.
Our work is anchored by a few core ideas.
Everybody can do
citizen work
All people—regardless of
age, nationality, sex, religion, income or education—can be powerful public actors.
Citizenship isn’t
easy
Democracy is messy and sometimes frustrating, but when you work
hard with others you can accomplish extraordinary things.
We learn by doing
The most important lessons of democracy come from doing
public work and finding ways to cooperate with people
who are
different and may disagree. We learn
from each other when we solve problems together. This is the kind of politics that everyone
can do, not just politicians.
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