{"id":1105,"date":"2013-04-02T12:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T12:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2013-04-02T12:00:21","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T12:00:21","slug":"promoting-active-role-of-citizens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/promoting-active-role-of-citizens\/","title":{"rendered":"Promoting Active Role of Citizens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; next_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.2.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<pre class=\"publication\" style=\"text-align: justify\">IL News 004\/2013<\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>40th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Citizenship Education\u00a0(Upgrading)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Polewali (West Sulawesi), March 26-27, 2013<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In a democratic state, it is important to raise the awareness of citizens as part of the nation. People must realize their rights and responsibilities as citizens to shape the future of Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For that reason, Christians need to understand the foundation for their involvement in public square, that is the Bible and the Indonesia\u2019s 1945 Constitution. These are the fundamentals for them as public leaders to bring welfare for all the people and pursue the ideals of Indonesia\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=&#8221;3.2.1&#8243; src=&#8221;http:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/04\/004-2013-1.jpg&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; \/][et_pb_text background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.2.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The 40th Citizenship Education program was conducted in partnership of the Leimena Institute and the Toraja Mamasa Church. It was an Upgrading course for those who had joined the Citizenship Education training before.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">This Upgrading course aims to develop further their understanding of responsible citizenship with the new Voter Education module. The participants learn about the value of their \u201cVote\u201d, and how to become and educate others as Smart Voters. They also improve their capacity to mobilize local community through workshops on \u2018Citizens Discussion\u2019 method developed by the Leimena Institute, and writing \u2018Citizens Voice\u2019 publication to shape public opinion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Around 30 delegates from the Toraja Mamasa Church in the Polewali City District and its surrounding participated in the two-day Citizenship Education program at the Toraja Mamasa Church \u201cMusafir Lantora Congregation\u201d in Polewali, West Sulawesi province. The Leimena teaching team consisted of Budi Setiamarga and Daniel Adipranata.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image _builder_version=&#8221;3.2.1&#8243; src=&#8221;http:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2013\/04\/004-2013-2.jpg&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; \/][et_pb_text background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.2.1&#8243;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"publication\" style=\"text-align: justify\">What the participants said about this program:<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>\u201cIt gave me an understanding how to become a smart voter in my responsibility as citizens and church member.\u201d<\/em> (Nalddy, Toraja Mamasa Church \u201cMusafir Lantora\u201d youth department, Polewali)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>\u201cLike finding a lost pearl.\u201d<\/em> (B.P. Rantepajung, Toraja Mamasa Church \u201cMusafir Lantora\u201d board of elders, Polewali)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>\u201cHonestly we have little experience in politics, but with this program, we have gained very valuable and useful knowledge and experience.\u201d<\/em> (Marten, Toraja Mamasa Church \u201cJambu Tua\u201d, Polewali)<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; specialty=&#8221;off&#8221; prev_background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_post_nav _builder_version=&#8221;3.2.1&#8243; in_same_term=&#8221;on&#8221; \/][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IL News 004\/2013 &nbsp; 40th\u00a0Citizenship Education\u00a0(Upgrading) Polewali (West Sulawesi), March 26-27, 2013 &nbsp; In a democratic state, it is important to raise the awareness of citizens as part of the nation. People must realize their rights and responsibilities as citizens to shape the future of Indonesia. For that reason, Christians need to understand the foundation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1106,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<div class=\"publication\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">IL News 004\/2013<\/span><\/div><div class=\"publication\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'arial black', sans-serif;\">by Institut Leimena<\/span><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>40th<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>Citizenship Education\u00a0(Upgrading)<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Polewali (West Sulawesi), March 26-27, 2013<\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a democratic state, it is important to raise the awareness of citizens as part of the nation. People must realize their rights and responsibilities as citizens to shape the future of Indonesia.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For that reason, Christians need to understand the foundation for their involvement in public square, that is the Bible and the Indonesia\u2019s 1945 Constitution. These are the fundamentals for them as public leaders to bring welfare for all the people and pursue the ideals of Indonesia\u2019s independence.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leimena.org\/id\/_assets\/files\/100_4707%20w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"325\" \/><\/div><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 40th Citizenship Education program was conducted in partnership of the Leimena Institute and the Toraja Mamasa Church. It was an Upgrading course for those who had joined the Citizenship Education training before.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This Upgrading course aims to develop further their understanding of responsible citizenship with the new Voter Education module. The participants learn about the value of their \u201cVote\u201d, and how to become and educate others as Smart Voters. They also improve their capacity to mobilize local community through workshops on \u2018Citizens Discussion\u2019 method developed by the Leimena Institute, and writing \u2018Citizens Voice\u2019 publication to shape public opinion.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Around 30 delegates from the Toraja Mamasa Church in the Polewali City District and its surrounding participated in the two-day Citizenship Education program at the Toraja Mamasa Church \u201cMusafir Lantora Congregation\u201d in Polewali, West Sulawesi province. The Leimena teaching team consisted of Budi Setiamarga and Daniel Adipranata.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.leimena.org\/id\/_assets\/files\/100_4735%20w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"325\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What the participants said about this program:<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cIt gave me an understanding how to become a smart voter in my responsibility as citizens and church member.\u201d<\/em> (Nalddy, Toraja Mamasa Church \u201cMusafir Lantora\u201d youth department, Polewali)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cLike finding a lost pearl.\u201d<\/em> (B.P. Rantepajung, Toraja Mamasa Church \u201cMusafir Lantora\u201d board of elders, Polewali)<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cHonestly we have little experience in politics, but with this program, we have gained very valuable and useful knowledge and experience.\u201d<\/em> (Marten, Toraja Mamasa Church \u201cJambu Tua\u201d, Polewali)<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-il-news","category-jlsopl"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leimena.org\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}