Early in 2003, the Pew Partnership for Civic Change conducted a national survey to discover what Americans believe they can contribute toward improving life in their communities. Forty percent of respondents said that working together with others in their community is the most important thing they can do, followed by volunteering and voting at 27 and 14 percent, respectively. Our experience confirms that this 40 percent of the public, while not yet a majority, is right-on in its perception. The new eyes that America needs are actually its own: looking anew at one another, but also looking forward in the same direction.
Early in 2003, the Pew Partnership for Civic Change conducted a national survey to discover what Americans believe they can contribute toward improving life in their communities. Forty percent of respondents said that working together with others in their community is the most important thing they can do, followed by volunteering and voting at 27 and 14 percent, respectively. Our experience confirms that this 40 percent of the public, while not yet a majority, is right-on in its perception. The new eyes that America needs are actually its own: looking anew at one another, but also looking forward in the same direction.
