politicize

verb

1. (intransitive)To engage in or discuss politics.
2. (transitive)To give something political characteristics; to turn into a political issue.

   “My parents started politicizing the weather as soon as they opened their snowplow business.”

3. (transitive)To make someone politically active or aware.

   “The possibility of setting up an educational arm which could politicize gays in Massachusetts through a series of seminars and through the publication of a booklet providing a background on the history of gay rights.”