{"product_id":"belonging-is-a-civic-act-sanjana-diddige-9798279065554","title":"Belonging Is A Civic Act: How Young People Learn to Participate Before They Feel Ready","description":"\u003cp\u003eCivic engagement is often presented as something that begins later in life, after confidence has formed and certainty has arrived. \u003ci\u003eBelonging Is a Civic Act\u003c\/i\u003e challenges that assumption.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten for young people who feel present in their communities but uncertain about where they belong within civic life, this book explores how participation often begins quietly, through listening, returning, asking questions, and paying attention before urgency arrives. Rather than offering instructions or solutions, it reflects on moments of civic involvement that frequently go unnamed, moments that shape how young people learn responsibility, voice, and care long before they feel ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing from experiences in Peer Court, service organizations, student leadership, and community dialogue, the chapters examine themes such as confidence, silence, service, rights, and belonging. Civic life is presented not as performance or mastery, but as a practice that develops through presence and repeated engagement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter includes optional reflection prompts and workshop adaptations, making the book suitable for both individual readers and group settings such as classrooms, youth leadership programs, service clubs, and nonprofit organizations. These tools are designed to support discussion rather than prescribe outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBelonging Is a Civic Act\u003c\/i\u003e offers a quieter understanding of participation, one grounded in attention, responsibility, and the willingness to begin without certainty. It invites readers to recognize that civic life does not start at the ballot box. It starts much earlier, in the everyday spaces where belonging is practiced.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sanjana Diddige\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798279065554\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.19d","brand":"Sanjana Diddige","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997417222399,"sku":"9798279065554","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/belonging-is-a-civic-act-sanjana-diddige-9798279065554","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}