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Monday May 10th, 2010
Issue 32
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Distinguished Leaders Calling New Jersey Citizens to Service |
Two distinguished leaders, Senate Minority Leader Tom Kean, Jr (R Dist 21) and Tom Byrne, former State Democratic Party Chairman, found common ground in the Jersey Call to Service and are appearing in a promotional Public Service Announcement asking New Jersey citizens to Answer the Call and come to the June 9th Summit at the Hyatt in New Brunswick, NJ. Please help us ask people to answer the Jersey Call to Service. Watch the PSA on our YouTube Channel and then share the video on your Facebook profile or email the link to your friends.  |
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Due to Increased Demand Summit Venue Changed to the Hyatt,
New Brunswick |
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Register Now.
Space is Limited.
New Location: Hyatt, New Brunswick
Sign In- 5:15-5:40pm
Welcome 5:40- 6 pm
Leadership Panels 6-7pm
Cocktail Celebration & Light Dinner 7-8:30pm
The free June 9th Summit is going to be an empowering, inspiring and fun evening.
In less than an hour the Leadership Panels offer you the ability to learn from experts how to powerfully participate in the leadership of your community. Take a look at our Summit Event Page to see the panelists participating in the June 9th Summit- quite an impressive bi-partisan group! The Summit Page also features event details, news articles and promotional PSA's.
  The Celebration of Citizen Service with Cocktails and Light Dinner is free to those who attend a Leadership Panel or have already taken a class. Come and enjoy cocktails and mingle with governors, civic minded sports celebrities, and business leaders. During the Celebration, Rev. DeForest "Buster" Soaries, Jr., former Secretary of State of New Jersey, will deliver the Summit Keynote Address. Share the Summit Page on Facebook. |
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Newark Residents Keeping Newark at the Forefront of Reform |
On Wednesday May 5th Newark resident, Erika Key became a Citizen Legislator and made a constructive proposal to a receptive Newark City Council. Erika presented the Council with a ready for adoption Redevelopment Pay to Play reform ordinance. A group of Newark residents came out to support her. The Citizens Campaign's Communications Director Heather Taylor provided press coordination.
Erika became active as a leader because she wants to help keep Newark at the forefront of clean  government. "Upon taking office, Mayor Booker and the City Council were able to adopt the strongest reform package of any city in the State at the time; we are asking our leaders to finish the job they started four years ago and keep Newark at the forefront of clean government," she said. The Redevelopment Pay to Play ordinance she presented to the council places a ban on contributions by developers seeking or performing redevelopment contracts in the City of Newark. Action by both Mayor Booker and the City Council would protect Newark's reputation for clean contracting and guard the city coffers from the waste associated with pay-to-play. |
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Perth Amboy Residents Meet with City Officials on Cost Cutting Measures |
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 At Perth Amboy City Hall on Tuesday May 4th, residents Lou Vargas, Reinaldo Aviles, Jorge Cruz and Caroline Pozycki Sr met with Jill Goldy, Perth Amboy's Chief Financial Officer and Hector Bonilla, from Mayor Diaz's Administration, to discuss a number of local government cost cutting proposals developed by the Citizens' Campaign. Perth Amboy municipal and school budgets have suffered major cuts in State aid. The City is looking for ways to save money without reducing services. After a very constructive dialogue, the residents decided to focus on two measures: first a resolution to establish a Joint Cost Sharing Task Force including residents and representatives of Perth Amboy's School Board and the City Administration. The second is a resolution establishing a City Task Force of residents to provide a series of best practice expense reductions for the city budget.
You can also take the lead in helping your community to find cost savings and cut waste by visiting the Platform for the People and proposing our "Ready for Adoption" model cost savings ordinances. You can learn more by attending the June 9th Summit's Leadership Panel on Waste Cutting. |
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Dodge and Community Foundations Co-Host Call to Service Summit |
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David Grant, President and CEO of the Dodge Foundation , and Hans Dekker, President of the Community Foundation of New Jersey, co-hosted a Call to Service Summit for their staff and supporters at the Community Foundation Headquarters in Morristown, NJ.
The guest speaker for the Summit was Harry Pozycki, Chairman of the Citizens' Campaign, who introduced the audience to the Jersey Call to Service, the Citizens' Campaign's new statewide public service initative to inspire 5,000 citizens to participate in powerful leadership positions in their communities: such as appointed positions on government boards, political party posts, serving in the role as citizen legislator, passing their own proposals or reporting about local politics and government for hyperlocal websites. David Grant and Hans Decker served as facilitators and the evening was a great success with many in the audience signing up for the Jersey Call to Service Summit in June and offering their support for the three year Jersey Call to Service Campaign. |
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County Chairs Calling on Citizens to Stand Up and Lead |
The Citizens' Campaign's Cumberland County Chairman,  Lee Burke wrote a letter to the editor which was published in the Vineland Daily Journal, titled " Government Must Hear Voters Voices" encouraging citizens to approach their elected officials with model school budget waste cutting proposals which Citizens' Campaign recruits have posted in our own Platform for the People. Read his letter. Lee was recently awarded the Vineland Mainstreet Volunteer of the year award. |
| Jersey Call to Service Brochure Available Online |
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Take a look at our new online Jersey Call to Service Brochure and see how support is growing from all quarters. It also offers an at-a-glance look at the work of the Law and Policy Task Force and information on the June 9th Summit. Use the Share button to post the brochure on Facebook or email it to friends.
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