Welcome back to That Second-Gen Life with Semhar. In this final episode of our three-part series on Diaspora Impact, we’re diving into the third and most urgent pillar: civic impact.
When most people hear “diaspora civic engagement,” they think of voting or political activism related to an ancestral homeland. But civic impact is so much broader. It’s about how we, as diasporas, use our time, talent, and treasure to influence the systems we live in to shape civic outcomes, protect basic rights of our communities, and keep engagement between the people and the state ongoing - here and there.
In this episode, I unpack:
