POSTED // Mar 14,2013 - This weekend is bursting with opportunities to build bridges with the Earth, the diversity in your own community and local lawmakers. During the weekend, join the Communities of Resistance Teach-In,

POSTED // Mar 7,2013 - Spring is around the corner, which means it’s time to come out of your apathetic hibernation and look for new opportunities to give back to your community.

POSTED // Feb 28,2013 - This weekend is an engaged citizen’s bonanza of events rolled out as part of the Excuse Me While I Change the World fundraiser. Over three nights, you can check out a fashion show, an art show and a concert,

POSTED // Feb 21,2013 - This week, you can volunteer to give back to the youth as a YouthCity mentor, dance against strip mines at the Idle No More protest at the Capitol, or even mock gamble to support the Utah Arts Festival.

POSTED // Feb 15,2013 - It’s not too late to schedule a 10-minute meeting with Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker. This weekend, the organization One Billion Rising will be hosting a slew of events to raise awareness of violence against women.

POSTED // Feb 7,2013 - This week, take a plunge into civic engagement and local community building. On Thursday, learn how to make your voice heard on the Hill by taking a crash course in being a citizen lobbyist.

POSTED // Jan 31,2013 - The legislative sausage grinding has begun, and this week, you can check out a host of budget-deciding appropriations committees tasked with seeing where and how taxpayer money gets spent.

POSTED // Jan 24,2013 - This week offers opportunities to help out a homeless pet at a charity pet- adoption event. Later, Peaceful Uprising will be talking about grass-roots community building in a post-capitalist society.

POSTED // Jan 17,2013 - If you want to see if Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker will finance the creation of the Death Star now that President Barack Obama has put the kibosh on the project, get your one-on-one meeting with the mayor

POSTED // Jan 10,2013 - If you missed the chance to give back during the busy holiday season, it’s not too late to donate to YouthCity’s annual food and clothing drive. And don’t miss a rally to support clean energy in Utah this week, either.