Active Participation in Democracy

seeking to influence a politician (or public official) on an issue

• Rally

• Lobbying

• Petition

• March/Parade

a person or group of people standing outside a place of work or other venue, protesting something or trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike

• Lobbying

• Rally

• Picket

• March/Parade

the capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something

• Petition

• March/Parade

• Lobbying

• Influencing

a formal written request, typically one signed by many people, appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause

• Influencing

• Lobbying

• Petition

• March/Parade

bring or come together in order to support a person or cause or for concerted action

• Petition

• Lobbying

• Rally

• Influencing

an idea or principle used to rally public opinion

• Values

• Banners

• Letters

• Flyers

a small handbill (paper) advertising an event or product

• Values

• Banners

• Concern

• Flyers

a matter of interest or importance to someone

• Values

• Banners

• Concern

• Flyers

walk along public roads in an organized procession to protest about something

• Petition

• March/Parade

• Lobbying

• Influencing

signs held by a person or group of people standing outside a place of work or other venue, protesting something or trying to persuade others not to enter during a strike

• Lobbying

• Rally

• Picket signs

• March/Parade