Citizenship

"Citizenship is a tough occupation which obliges the citizen to make his own informed opinion and stand by it."
Martha Gellhorn

On Wednesday, I'll be in Golden for the latest Community Conversation.  This one will examine what it takes to be a good citizen, and will challenge all participants to find the ways we can be good citizens in 2014. 

I love this topic, because it's one I think about a lot.  In a time when so many fail to carry out even the most basic duty of a citizen -- the duty to vote -- it's inspiring to think about the people who do so much more than the basics.  Reading about issues, providing input to decisions, volunteering on committees, working in support of candidates, offering themselves as candidates for election:  the people who do these things are guardians of democracy. 

As the Emily Fund website says:  "Be a hero for a better world".