Forward Thinking: Civic Responsibility Roundup

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How do we balance individual and community? To whom do we owe responsibility – our local community, our nation, or all of humanity? Two weeks ago I announced Forward Thinking, a values development project, and introduced the first prompt – what does civic responsibility mean to you? Dan is introducing our next prompt today, and in this post I will pull together posts from other bloggers to round off our discussion of civic responsibility.

“We Are the Government” and Other Thoughts

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“Why do you view the government like this, like it’s something out there, something separate, an enemy?” The speaker was Norwegian, the location a conference workshop. “In Norway, we see it differently. We are the government.” As her words settled over me I knew I would be remembering what she had said for a long, long time.