Step 12
Get involved: Now you are an activist
Understand
The road we have travelled so far has allowed us to gather the knowledge, skills, and determination to inspire a positive change: you are only one small step away from becoming an activist! We have celebrated our diversity and learned how it strengthens our collective power. We have seen how technology can be employed for transparency, and we have witnessed the impact of standing up for the common good. The experience in our small community has allowed us to identify what may be not working, and how it is useful and necessary to try to improve it for the good of all. So, together we can be change-makers, one step at a time. And remember, your actions have a ripple effect. By becoming a monitoring citizen and working towards positive change, you will inspire others to do the same.
Experience
As promised since the beginning, what we have undertaken is a first attempt to share input on the issues of transparency, integrity and civic monitoring, putting young people’s capacity for action at the centre. This path is, to all intents and purposes, a preparation for activism. The next and final step can only be to encourage the young people you have trained to become civic protagonists of their neighbourhoods, cities and regions, or to dedicate themselves to complex challenges through the lens of civic monitoring. They can find groups, associations, NGOs with which to collaborate for civic participation, even beyond the individual monitoring action. How do you do that? You can search for them on social networks, or ask for some suggestions directly from the people with whom you have interacted during the monitoring process.
This is not the end of our journey, it is the beginning of a movement.
Let’s engage for collective interests, for everyone’s good!
