"Yes We Can" But Will We?
source: http://stonecipher.typepad.com/the_stonecipher_report/2008/07/civil-society-a.html
“Civil society, at least as I see it, is simply one of the great opportunities for human responsibility for the world.” – Vaclav Havel
I am a bit of a civic engagement junky. So, when I recently heard some guy tell some gal that a mutual friend of theirs was doing door-to-door sales for Obama, I had to set the record straight.
Canvassing and phone banking (a.k.a. grassroots efforts) for a candidate or political cause is not the same thing as door-to-door or telemarketing sales, it is called civic engagement.
In both sales and civic engagement you can visit people at their houses, or call them at hours when they may be eating and try to engage them in a conversation they may not want to have, but that is where the similarities end...
Read more at http://stonecipher.typepad.com or click the link above to go directly to the story.
I am a bit of a civic engagement junky. So, when I recently heard some guy tell some gal that a mutual friend of theirs was doing door-to-door sales for Obama, I had to set the record straight.
Canvassing and phone banking (a.k.a. grassroots efforts) for a candidate or political cause is not the same thing as door-to-door or telemarketing sales, it is called civic engagement.
In both sales and civic engagement you can visit people at their houses, or call them at hours when they may be eating and try to engage them in a conversation they may not want to have, but that is where the similarities end...
Read more at http://stonecipher.typepad.com or click the link above to go directly to the story.
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