Engaged Citizenship

Sections:
Defining Engaged Citizen | Local to Federal Government | Evaluating Facts

Engaged Citizenship

Welcome to your journey to Engaged Citizenship! We’re proud to help you see the full possibilities and responsibilities of such a role.
Our section above includes three important parts of Engaged Citizenship.

 

Defining Engaged Citizenship

Civics is the study of the rights and duties of citizenship, but what does that mean? Find out with RRPL as we highlight the programs, resources, and materials we use to help be an engaged and informed citizen, especially during election season.

The first step of being an engaged citizen is voting!
Make sure you registered to vote on National Voter Registration Day here:

https://nationalvoterregistrationday.org/

 

Local to Federal Government

Need help finding who to talk to in the government? Here’s a list ranging from your local government up to the federal government.
You can always give us a call for more help as well!

Local Government

City of Rocky River Government

https://www.rrcity.com/city-government

 

Cuyahoga County Government

https://cuyahogacounty.gov/

 

Cuyahoga County Board of Elections

https://boe.cuyahogacounty.gov/

 

State Government

State of Ohio Government page

https://ohio.gov/government

Ohio House of Representatives

https://www.ohiohouse.gov/

Ohio Senate

https://ohiosenate.gov/

Ohio Secretary of State (voter and election information)

https://www.sos.state.oh.us/

Ohio Supreme Court

https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/

Ohio Courts by County

https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/courts/judicial-system/ohio-trial-courts/

 

Federal Government

United States Executive Branch

https://www.whitehouse.gov/

United State House of Representatives

https://www.house.gov/

United States Senate

https://www.senate.gov/

United States Supreme Court

https://www.supremecourt.gov/

 

Evaluating Facts

An important part of being an Engaged Citizen is considering if the information is accurate or has a bias in its presentation. Below we have some resources to help with evaluating and fact-checking your sources:

Fact Checking

Media Bias Checking