Choosing+to+Participate

=Welcome to the Choosing to Participate page @ the WMS Library=

This page is set up to help you with The first step of your project: to find an issue you want to learn more about and learn what to do about.

The following are links to help you learn about and get involved in a variety of different issues that we face today. Some of the issues are about specific topics and some are about many different causes. Some of the sites also have links to other websites and information.

[|Do Something] - the best site by far. All you need to know about getting involved!

[|Idealist Kids]- Great site for encouraging teens to get involved and make a difference. This includes links about kids who have started their own organizations.

[|What Kids Can Do] - A great site showing what kids are doing around the globe to get involved.

[|Mix it Up] - Ideas about... tolerance.

[|Southern Poverty Law Center]- This site is devoted to educating people about hate groups.

[|The Story of Stuff] - environmental

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A challenging website that might be useful: []

Congress has the power to make changes, you can contact Congress, here's how: []

This site has lists to tons of blogs that post on political topics: []

Another political site that might help: [|Vote Smart]

[|Book Sources]: This is a list of books we've pulled for this project from a series called "Opposing Viewpoints" There are probably other books on your topic available by searching the [|library catalog]. If you find something helpful and would like to add it to the cart, please let us know.

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