Citizenship

Section I: Description of Your Community Service The Citizenship Ambassador Program is currently located on the St Petersburg College’s Clearwater Campus. Two years ago Professor Preston developed the format being currently used. She has went through the official training at USCIS, as well as developed and presented the lessons with the help of Professors Newsom and Fratus. USCIS has provided The Citizenship Ambassador with flashcards, flyers, and has also developed the handouts. The copies of…

are the cornerstones of the society and, in this regard, the government of the country in an effort to stem the problem has turned to the education for guidance down the path of potentially stemming or solving the problem. The implementation of citizenship education, what was formerly referred to as civics has been given serious taught where…

In “Four Defining Purposes of Citizenship Education”, Clark and Case (2008) discuss a “citizenship education matrix” (Clark & Case, 2008). In this matrix, someone can determine in which quadrant they fall under based on their rationale for teaching citizenship education (Clark & Case, 2008). For example, a teacher who believes the classroom should focus on “personal development” and “social reformation”…

Pathway to Citizenship, A human rights Issue? The immigrant population is fast growing in all states in the United States. One segment in particular is rapidly growing and is said to soon out number the African american population and become a force to reckon with on the political level, they are hispanic immigrant. Although the hispanic immigrant population is growing at such a fast pace there seems to be a disconnect with the political system. Politicians don 't seem to know how…

Does Travel Foster Great Citizenship? If you were offered a free ten-day trip to one of the holiest places in the world would you accept it? Since the establishment of Taglit-birthright, hundreds of thousands of young Jews have visited Israel on an all-expense-paid tour known as Birthright Israel. Birthright encourages young Jewish adults to expand and join the global Jewish communities. The Taglit-Birthright program does this through activities, religious social events, and engaging…

Book Review Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship by Adrienne Clarkson In 2014, television personality, journalist, best selling author, public servant and Canada’s first visible minority Governor General (Koch, 2010), Adrianne Clarkson delivered the CBC Massey Lectures (Nagy, 2014) in which she shared her thoughts through a collection of essays in which she explored citizenship in Canada and what it means to be a citizen of this country by reflecting on her own journey of immigrating as a…

generalizations about the link between the categories of citizenship norms and the utilization of ICTs to politically engage. The population of interest consists of U.S. citizens aged twenty to thirty years old. The group was chosen to avoid any age related bias concerning ICT adoption, use, and application for political purposes. Moreover, since prior research denotes a link between age and certain citizenship norms (i.e. traditional, duty based citizenship is predominant in retirees),…

the day in Rome was citizenship for the Italian allies. While the Romans had previously been fairly liberal in granting different allies full citizenship, lately they had been satisfied to grant only second class, or Latin, citizenship. Unfortunately, the Italian allies were not nearly as satisfied with this and were agitating for full rights. We have already seen how this issue cost Gaius Gracchus his life. When another Roman, Marcus Livius Drusus, proposed full citizenship and was assassinated…

Birthright citizenship no doubt plays a big role in the United States. It means that any child born in this country, be it by citizens or illegal immigrants, gains automatic citizenship. Because immigration has always been significant to the United States, the “melting pot,” birthright citizenship has been and is an important topic of discussion. In their articles for Upfront Magazine, Senator David Vitter and American Immigration Council member Michele Waslin present their arguments for and…

My personal definition of citizenship is where one fits in, where one feels comfortable and where one feels they are a part of a group. I personally identify as a citizen of multiple groups, organizations and countries. I am a citizen of Italy and the United States. However, I consider myself a citizen of my community in East Lansing, Michigan State University, my job and my fraternity. To me, it is identity that creates citizenship. Someone is a citizen of any group or idea that they identify…