community involvement
Neighbors pitching in
Community involvement is participation in local organizations, causes, or activities that serve the public good.
It encompasses volunteering, attending town meetings, joining neighborhood associations, or contributing to civic projects: The job application asked about community involvement.
The phrase often appears in institutional contexts—schools encouraging students' community involvement, corporations touting their community involvement as social responsibility.
- town hall meetingsOpen civic discussion events
- charity workUnpaid service helping others
- grassroots organizingLocal citizen-led collective action
- cooperative housingCollectively owned dwelling
- cultural festivalsCommunity tradition celebrations
voting · mentoring programs · civic engagement · habitat restoration · cleanup day · local governance · town council · civic education · block parties · open mic night · peer support groups · petition campaigns · public forums · food drives · coat drive · blood drive · stakeholder engagement · mutual aid
- civic engagementcivic engagement, citizen participation, civic participation, civic responsibility, civic activism
- youth civicsyouth activism, youth vote, student activism, student voting, youth empowerment
- Native educationtribal schools, tribal colleges, boarding schools, language immersion, day schools
- Reggio Emiliaatelier, provocation, provocations, documentation, portfolios
- conservationconservation, wildlife, endangered, habitat, sanctuary
- School Socializationpeer influence, student interaction, group dynamics, social learning, cliques
community involvementapathy
Absence of feeling
disengagement · non-participation · uninvolvement · detachment · indifference
community involvementisolation
Complete separation from others
social isolation · alienation · social withdrawal · self-isolation · disconnection
community involvementself-absorption
Preoccupation with oneself
selfishness · self-centeredness · individualism · egocentrism · looking out for number one