As the state's first ever court civic engagement coordinator, Zenith Taylor has the job of teaching the importance of civics that goes beyond memories of high school social studies class.

Challenges are daunting. Trial judges say there’s an increase in the number of people ignoring summonses to serve on jury duty. Young people’s attention is not as grounded in in-person spaces. Almost half of teens say they are constantly online, up from 24% a decade ago, taking them away from personal interactions.

But Taylor has an even more fundamental obstacle – getting people to understand her title.

“I think my biggest challenge for reaching people was that many… didn't know what I do, so even if I go somewhere ‘Oh yeah, you're the civic engagement coordinator. What is that?’” Taylor said.

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