It is important to note that the order these ideas are in has nothing to do with their importance. Every single thing you do to improve yourself and practise responsible activism is of the utmost importance to the future long term health of our country. This list of ideas on how you can be a “Responsible Activist” is far from complete. I am counting on you the reader to help me make this list more thorough through your comments. As I write on each topic I will link them to their appropriate blog entry. And when I write on a topic that you have suggested I will always give credit unless you ask me not too. Please use this list not as a means to degrade others but to bring yourself up. It will take changing the person first if we are ever to change our country for the long term.
- Practice American Exceptionalism
- Educate yourself, and seek out those worthy of learning from
- Teach others by setting the example first
- Vote with a full deck
- Practice fiscal responsibility in your own home first
- Leave the world a little prettier
- Take control of your goals
- Put your cart back when you’re done with it
- Teach others
- Be involved with your child’s schooling
- Get involved with your local politics
- Clean a roadway
- Bring your children with you
- Organize a neighborhood watch
- Volunteer politically
- Join the PTA
- Get involved with children and children’s organizations
- Donate to organizations who share your values
- Know your values and principals and strive to live by them
- Improve yourself
- Help your neighbor who is in need
- Get others to volunteer with you
- Leave the park a little cleaner than when you came
- Be the example
- Buy the things you need locally
- Buy American goods
- Save for a rainy day
- Read the Declaration of Independence
- Fly the flag
- Know the constitution
- Learn your history from original sources
- Start a business
- Attend town meetings
- Help a private food bank
- Run for office
- Help an unemployed person find work
- Tip well
- Organize your next family reunion
- Celebrate Independence Day, not the Fourth of July
- Be a secret Santa for a family in need
- Know when to back down
- Only finance large purchases
- Pay your credit cards off at the end of the month
- Donate your old furniture to someone just starting out
- Be a role model
- Volunteer for big brothers or big sisters
- Instill strong values in your children
- Be patient
- Go on field trips with your children
- Visit Washington DC
- Visit our national parks
- Replace a tattered flag
- Listen well
- Volunteer for private institutions
- Bring the neighbor kid when you take your child fishing
- Be a mentor
- If you know a trade, teach it to someone else
- Volunteer for a political campaign
- Make your child earn their allowance
- Find your child their first job, but make sure they still interview for it
- Interview the parents of your children’s friends before letting them visit
- Clean up after yourself
- Buy from local farmers
- Supplement your child’s education
- Choose not to participate in frivolous lawsuits
- Ask yourself if your political standings are based on facts
- Ask yourself if what you are doing now is securing your future
- Find out what was said before and after the three second sound bite
- Choose your mentors wisely
- Make your child responsible for something other than themselves
- Be your child’s mentor and role model
- Teach your children to seek out positive mentors and role models
- Practice your freedom of speech responsibly
- Admit to and give up your stereotypical or racist thoughts and actions
- Choose your associations wisely and review them regularly
- Admit when you are wrong, and be supportive when others admit they were wrong
- Start a blog
- Be self sufficient
Please feel free to suggest any additions to this list in your comments. And don't shy away from providing helpful criticisms on any of my blog posts. I treat this as a venture in learning and can always use your input.
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