{"id":91,"date":"2024-12-09T00:37:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T00:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/?p=91"},"modified":"2024-12-09T00:41:24","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T00:41:24","slug":"civic-engagement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/uncategorized\/civic-engagement\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic Engagement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I have been a member of the Young Democrats club on my campus for three years. During my sophomore year, I was elected as the club&#8217;s secretary. Over the years, I have helped organize meetings, attended two Young Democratic Conventions, canvassed and phone-banked for candidates running for office, and managed the club&#8217;s social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being in a leadership position has taught me a lot about communication skills and offered significant opportunities for personal and professional growth. I learned how to motivate and inspire others in building a collaborative and productive environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"66\" src=\"http:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_4116-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-66\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_4116-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_4116-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_4116-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_4116-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_4116-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, 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campus for three years. During my sophomore year, I was elected as the club&#8217;s secretary. Over the years, I have helped organize meetings, attended two Young Democratic Conventions, canvassed and phone-banked for candidates running for office, and managed the club&#8217;s social media. Being &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/uncategorized\/civic-engagement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Civic Engagement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91\/revisions\/96"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sydneyj.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}