Connecting People Through Civic Engagement
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Connecting People Through Civic Engagement
- 1. Connecting People. Strengthening Our Country. OPERA America May 9, 2015
- 2. Connecting People. Strengthening Our Co National Conference on Citizenship
- 3. Connecting People. Strengthening Our Co Dedicated to strengthening civic life in America
- 4. Action
- 5. • Civic Health • Attachment to place
- 7. The CHI Measures: • Volunteering • Social connectedness • Political action • Trust and confidence in institutions • Community involvement
- 10. Individual & Community Health • Higher rates of social emotional support from feeling connected • Family dinners increase reading scores and decrease binge drinking • Decreased economic inequality and lower robbery rat
- 11. Government Health • Active citizens demand and promote engaged governance • Policy makers can more easily make hard, but necessary decisions • Polarization decreases as different people connect with one another
- 12. Economic Health • Higher levels of trust associated with innovation and economic resilience • Lower unemployment during the recession
- 13. Recent Data • Collected in 2013 and 2012 • 30,000 – 60,000 households interviewed for most indicators • Full range of volunteering and civic life questions asked
- 14. Key Findings • 16 of 20 indicators decreased • Though lower, many indicators remain very high
- 15. Interactions with Family, Friends, & Neighbors • 88% ate family dinners frequently (prev. 90%) • 76% heard from family & friends frequently (prev. 79% • 56% reported trusting most or all neighbors (prev. 57% • 12% reported doing favors for neighbors frequently (prev. 14%)
- 16. Group Participation • 36% participated in a group (prev. 39%) • 10% were an officer or committee member (prev. 11%)
- 17. Volunteering • 1 in 4 adults volunteered (62 million) • 7.7 billion total hours valued at $173 billion • 138 million Americans engaged in “informal volunteering” • Though a small dip, volunteering hit lowest point since collection began (25% vs 27%).
- 18. How do we improve this? Civic HealthAttachment
- 19. Attachment • An emotional connection to a place that transcends satisfaction, loyalty, and even passion.
- 20. Soul of the Community
- 21. • Places for people to meet each other and the feeling that people in the community care about each other • • • • • Arts and cultural opportunities Social community events Good places to meet people Vibrant night life People care about each other Attachment The main drivers of attachment differ little across communities. The top three in descending order include: Social Offerings
- 22. Attachment Openness • How welcoming the community is to different types of people • • • • • • Older people Racial & ethnic minorities Gays & lesbians Immigrants Young talented college graduates Young adults without children
- 23. Attachment Aesthetics • The physical beauty of the community • Beauty or physical setting • Parks, playgrounds, and trails
- 24. • Education • Basic Services • Leadership • Economy • Safety • & Others Attachment Social offerings, openness, & aesthetics have higher correlation rates than:
- 25. Attachment Matters • Attached residents have: • Strong community pride • A positive outlook on the community’s future • A sense that it is the perfect place for them. • Residents are less likely to want to leave • Local GDP growth higher • Attachment and civic health go hand in hand
- 26. Connecting People. Strengthening Our Co Thank You.