The last thing I think about when I am shoveling my elderly neighbor’s driveway is civic engagement. Retrospectively, I guess it was civic engagement, but that was not the motivating factor. To me civic engagement is doing what needs to be done for the members of your community. Obviously, this broad definition leaves much uncertainty, but civic engagement is much easier to identify and should not be something concrete. From doing small chores for neighbors to volunteering for the local faction of your political party you are civically engaging. I am an ardent conservative and firmly believe that fiscally conservative policies on the local level will better the standing of my community. The adage “A rising tide raises all ships” is one
