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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 on a few core ideas:
Everybody can do
citizen work
There are no prequalifications; all people, regardless of
age, nationality, sex, religion, income, education ...
are citizens
and can be powerful public actors.
Citizenship isn’t
easy
Democracy is messy, often 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; from finding ways to cooperate with people
who are
different and may disagree. When we solve problems together,
we all learn
from each other. This is the kind of politics that everyone
can do, not just politicians.
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