The Slavs are an Indo-European ethno-linguistic group living in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeast Europe, North Asia and Central Asia, who speak the Indo-European Slavic languages, and share, to varying degrees, certain cultural traits and historical backgrounds.aqaliba refers to the Slavic mercenaries and slaves in the medieval Arab world in North Africa, Sicily and Al-Andalus. Saqaliba served as caliph's guards. In the 12th century, there was intensification of Slavic piracy in the Baltics.
The civic responsibilities of Americans are of great importance. These duties are there to ensure that our constitution and its values are upheld. Some responsibilities are not required and others are put into laws. Three important civic responsibilities of citizens are voting, jury duty and active citizen participation.
A special By the People national broadcast aired on PBS on November 10, 2005, featured snapshots from Deliberation Week citizen dialogues across the country. Read about and listen in on examples of civic engagement in action. Connect with By the People's partners and begin, or continue, your engagement in civic life. Find out which groups are involved in By the People in your area. By the People promotes civic engagement by supporting community groups and offering tools to foster dialogues in locations around the country. Learn how you can connect with your fellow-citizens to discuss important issues of the day. In the past few years, there has been a lot of talk and a lot written about the fact that Americans' participation in civic lifeâor civic engagementâ has declined dramatically.