Civic Engagement

Are We Citizens Or Are We Residents?

Why it matters how we think of ourselves

Photo by Paweł L.: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-holding-girl-while-walking-on-street-1194209/

Five years ago I ran for a seat on my local city’s common council. I got beat like a drum.

It was okay that I lost. It would have been a huge time suck for me at a time when I needed all my time — I was helping my family care for our elderly mother while…