Invocating Youth'S Leadership in Promoting Civic Engagement For Effective Citizenry

The document discusses the qualities of a good community leader, listing self-awareness, eagerness to learn and adapt, empathy, honesty and integrity, dedication, service, interpersonal skills, forward-thinking, intelligence, and motivation. It provides examples for each quality and emphasizes the importance of listening to community members, facilitating discussions, and fostering change. The document also discusses the role of youth in promoting civic engagement and effective citizenship through nationalism, good governance, and empowering youth leadership.

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Invocating Youth'S Leadership in Promoting Civic Engagement For Effective Citizenry

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INVOCATING YOUTH'S LEADERSHIP IN PROMOTING CIVIC

ENGAGEMENT FOR EFFECTIVE CITIZENRY

PART 1: THE GENERAL QUALITIES OF A GOOD COMMUNITY LEADER

DEFINITION OF TERMS:

COMMUNITY - a unified body of individuals. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

a) The people with common interests living in a particular area.

b) A group of people with common characteristic or interest living together within a larger society.
c) A body of persons or nations having a common history or common social economic, and political
interests.
d) A group linked by a common policy.
e) State

LEADER – a person who leads. (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

COMMUNITY LEADER – a person who leads group of people.

QUALITIES OF A GOOD COMMUNITY LEADER:

What does it take to be a good community leader?

SELF- AWARENESS
 In order to lead other, identify your abilities first.
 List your strengths and acknowledge your weaknesses.
 Build your own strength and learn how to ask for help in other areas.
 Look for the best fit for you: how best can you help in each situation.

EAGERNESS TO LEARN AND ADAPT

 Learn how to accept that you will never learn all perspectives on a situation.
 Be willing to listen, learn and change course.
 Consider the voices of your community members.

EMPATHY
 Imagine – Imagine the different viewpoints
 Understand and validate – Understand the validate the feelings of all parties.
 Recognize - Recognize how you are perceived.

HONESTY AND INTEGRITY

 A good community leader must be trustworthy, to the community, to other
leaders, and those that are listening.
 Trust creates productive space to facilitate discussions and make change.
 Mutual respect is diminished and productivity is eliminated without honesty and
integrity.

DEDICATION
 A good community leader must be committed to fostering change.
 Volunteer – it does not just benefit your community; it benefits you as well.

SERVICE
 Doing something for your community would not hurt you at all.
 Volunteering creates a stronger bond for the community members and its leaders.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
 Communication skills, like negotiating, active listening, and articulating arguments
are essential.
 Collaborative skills mean that leaders can work well with other people and create a
productive space.
 Community leaders can describe why something is important and how to facilitate
change to any person, be it child or volunteer

FORWARD-THINKING
 Good community leaders think outside the box, look to the future, and have set
specific goals in mind.
 Develop innovative and critical thinking skills.
 Being a forward-thinker makes it inclusive for the future generations.

INTELLIGIENCE
 Not just being smart- a good community leader needs high level of emotional,
social, and intellectual intelligence.
 Competence shows that, as a leader, you can take care of the tough stuff.

MOTIVATION
 A good community leader motivates others to create change in their own lives and
communicates.
 As an inspirational leader can make all the difference in engaging others in
improving the community.

QUOTE TO REMEMBER
“I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting
along with people.” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
MASA