Welcome to the Mobilise! project course on active citizenship!  
In this course, you will learn about some of the main concepts involved in active citizenship in a democracy. You will hear stories about people who have been active citizens in different ways. 
In the four units of this course on active citizenship, you will explore these concepts further: 

• What it means to be part of a community 
• How rights are put into law or policy and also how they are carried out in practice 
• The methods active citizens use to work for change  

Each unit introduces a topic. It then presents some stories that explore these topics in more detail. These stories were collected by volunteers during two projects which look at histories of active citizenship in Northern England: 

• Documenting Dissent, led by Global Link 
• Remembering Resistance, led by Lancaster University 

These volunteers and some of those engaged with Global Link have also helped to create this course you are reading today!
There is a dictionary of terms used in the course which you can access by clicking on the highlighted words.

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We hope you enjoy learning about all the different stories. Click on the button below to go the first unit.

Community and Solidarity