public engagement
Civic participation efforts
Public engagement is the process of involving communities, stakeholders, or the general public in decisions that affect them.
Government agencies hold public engagement sessions before major projects; universities pursue public engagement to share research beyond academic circles.
The term emphasizes two-way interaction rather than one-way communication: The city's public engagement efforts included town halls and online forums.
- awareness campaignsOrganized public education efforts
- workshopsGroup learning sessions
- grassroots movementsCitizen-led collective action
- listening sessionEvent for hearing recordings together
- coalition buildingCreating partnerships among groups
advisory committees · town hall meetings · accountability · community outreach · petition drives · transparency · focus groups · grassroots advocacy · open forum · lobbying efforts · press releases · op-ed writing · civic · civic duty · involvement · activism · conversation · citizens
public engagementwithdrawal
Act of taking away
non-participation · isolation · detachment · aloofness · isolationism
public engagementsecrecy
Practice of hiding information
opacity · non-disclosure · unaccountability · stonewalling · cover-up