civic organizations
Local volunteer associations
Civic organizations are groups formed to serve community interests or promote public welfare.
They include service clubs, volunteer associations, neighborhood groups, and advocacy organizations: The civic organizations in town rallied to support the homeless shelter.
Members typically participate out of civic duty rather than for profit or professional advancement.
- churchesChristian houses of worship
- volunteeringGiving service without pay
- activismDirect effort for reform
- festivalsOrganized communal celebrations
- grassroots movementsCitizen-led collective action
community centers · chapters · neighborhood associations · block party · community garden · food banks · local festivals · mentorship programs · rotary · volunteer groups · service club · literacy programs · youth outreach · historical societies · art collectives · shelters · charity drive · Kiwanis
- social groupsdemographic groups, community, clan, ethnic groups, age groups
- community learningclasses, workshops, seminars, lectures, adult education
- voter turnoutvoter turnout, turnout, turnout rate, high turnout, low turnout
civic organizationsgovernment agencies
State-run administrative bodies
federal agencies · multinational corporations · state apparatus · private sector · big business
civic organizationscriminal enterprises
Illegal money-making organizations
organized crime · cartels · mafias · syndicates · special interest groups
civic organizationssocial isolation
Lack of human contact
apathy · individualism · anomie · hermits · recluses