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Students Wanted: Students Speak Out Web Design ChallengeThe
Students Speak Out Design  Challenge, a 3-hour event to be held the third week of
August in St.
Paul, is looking to learn from young people. We're
looking for students between the ages of 13-18 who are interested in advising
the Citizens League and who have an opinion on what might motivate young people
to get involved with public policy issues online. Students will work in a team
to provide feedback on existing websites and design the basics of a civic
engagement website focused on young people. Five to
seven students will be selected to participate. We'll provide pizza, and participants will receive a
$50 gift card to Best Buy. Learn
more, and contact Lindsey Alexander at 651-329-1328 or
lindsey[at]lindseyalexanderconsulting.com if you are
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Aligning Self and Public Interest for Clean WaterDuring our study on water governance last year, I found a gem of a quote from a Citizens League report back in 1993: "State lawmakers should embrace the view that the purpose of government
is to design environments where individual citizens and institutions
are systematically oriented to accomplish public purposes, and where
they meet their own interests in the course of doing so."
This is exactly what we need to do to address problems like water pollution. The biggest water quality problems we're dealing with today are not
the major industrial polluters of the past; they're caused by pollution
from the activities of the millions of individuals, businesses, and
communities on the land across the state. Reducing pollution is going
to require the public (i.e., us) to acknowledge that we're the source
of the problem and to take a central role in the solutions. Continue reading Annie's blog post here |
Next Citizens League Happy Hour: July 28thJoin the Citizens League at our next
happy hour on Wednesday, July 28 at Famous Dave's in Uptown. Meet
and network with other Citizens League members, find out what the Citizens
League is doing, and
hear more about how to
get involved. Citizens League ambassadors and representatives from Citizens
League committees will be available to help you get engaged.
Join us
from 5 to 7 for Famous Dave's happy hour specials, including $2 pint beers, $2
house wines and select $1.99 appetizers.
This Happy Hour is hosted by
the Emerging Leaders Committee and is open to all current and potential Citizens
League members. New members are encouraged to attend.
Contact Cat Beltmann at cbeltmann[at]citizensleague.org or 651-293-0575 for more details
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Make an Impact: Sustaining Membership Have you considered becoming a sustaining member of the Citizens League? Sustaining members make
a significant impact by scheduling regular monthly, quarterly, or annual
payments (until you'd like to make changes). Here are some of the great benefits
of switching: - It's effective - saving on paper, postage, and
administrative costs, we can spend more of your donation to accomplish the
Leagues mission.
- It's convenient - automatic payments save you the time of
renewing each year.
- It's lasting - spreading the donation over the year helps
your wallet and ensures a consistent cash flow for the Citizens
League.
Become a sustaining member here, or call us at
651-293-0575. |
Citizens League Oral History ProjectThis past week has been the start of an ongoing process of
collecting an oral history for the Citizens League. Initiated as part
of the celebration of the League's upcoming 60th anniversary, I have
been conducting video interviews to capture perspectives on our
organization dating as far back as possible. It is my hope that these interviews can serve an important function of
learning from inter-generational experiences, whether to improve our
work or to simply connect and develop our shared goals and attitudes.
Continue reading Adam's blog post hereDo you have any suggestions of who we should interview? Would you like
to share your experience with the Citizens League and contribute to our
oral history records? Contact Adam at aarling[at]citizensleague.org for further details. |
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