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IN THE NEWS
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A 30-second introduction to the Citizens League
A Comcast Newsmakers interview with Executive Director Sean Kershaw
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BECOME A MEMBER
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Do you support the Citizens League? Make it official!
Become a member today with a tax-deductible contribution of any amount.
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Create: Attend Citizen Solutions Health Reform conversations
What does health reform mean to you?
 The Citizen Solutions project, a joint effort of the Citizens League and the Bush Foundation, will travel the state this spring and summer to make sure Minnesotans are not left out of the discussion about health reform and how to make Minnesota a healthier place.
Register now for upcoming community conversations including:
One goal of this project is to take a step back and look at all the factors in play in our quest to lead healthy lives. This includes health care and health insurance, but also healthy behaviors, support services and social factors.
We'll provide key facts and trends, and ask you to work through some of the tough questions at the root of health reform.
The conversation begins in April at one of many locations you can sign up to attend.
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Connect: Become a community reviewer for the Connect for Health Challenge
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Help strengthen social connections in low-income communities across Minnesota. Become a community reviewer for the Connect for Health Challenge!
The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation is offering this new grant making initiative through InCommons, with $500,000 in awards to winning challenge entries, and we need interested people to pick the semi-finalists.
Reviewers read and rank the entries using an online tool and predetermined criteria. Then, they meet to discuss and select the semi-finalists for up to 20 grants of up to $20,000 and one $100,000 grant recipient.
Reviewers will meet for one training meeting and two semi-finalist selection meetings, and review entries between April 17 and June 13. The estimated time commitment is 10-15 hours.
No previous experience is necessary, just an interest in the challenge topic, connecting with new people and participating in the process.
Sign up here.
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Learn: Expand MnPASS to I-35E
The Legislature has a big opportunity to expand MNPASS to I-35E. Let your legislators know that MNPASS is a benefit for all commuters and will help build a more free-flowing transportation system for the entire region.
 For more information, see our letter to legislators in support of expanding MnPASS or the transportation policy page. For more information, contact Bob DeBoer at bdeboer[at]citizensleague.org or 651-289-1071.
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| Connect: Attend an upcoming Common Cents workshop or host your own
Last year, more than 600 Minnesotans across the state engaged in our Common Cents project to discuss: "What values and priorities are important to solving Minnesota's budget challenges?"
This year, we are again partnering with the Bush Foundation on a second round of state budget workshops and online activities, and we'd like you (and your elected representatives) to join us.
We're bringing Minnesotans' ideas and values to the Legislature and Gov. Mark Dayton to inform next year's debate. And this year, we're adding a second workshop on tax reform.
Would you like to bring a workshop to your workplace, club, church, or other group? We're scheduling them and looking for hosts now.
All workshops are presented free of charge. Hosts will be responsible for meeting logistics and for recruiting at least 20 participants of mixed backgrounds and/or ideologies.
For more information or to schedule a workshop, contact Lindsey Alexander at lindsey@citizing.org.
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Learn: What does membership mean? Part I
What does it mean to be a member? Citizens League member Andrea Drewek explains why she is a member and what being a part of the Citizens League means to her.
I randomly stumbled across the Citizens League last year when searching for a civic-minded organization to partner with for a class project.
As a Wisconsin transplant, I had never heard of the League despite its longevity and major accomplishments - including influencing the creation of Metropolitan State University, which I was attending at that time! - but I was immediately drawn to the community engagement approach the Citizens League uses in its work. I admire the combination of academic/professional research with on-the-ground citizen engagement in forming policy solutions and recommendations, and I value the Citizens League's dedication to multi-partisanship and demonstrated ability to include all interested Minnesotans on issues that matter to them. This is important to me because I believe in intelligent, well-planned, collaborative decisions made for the common good. I have to admit, when I first joined I was skeptical of the Citizens League's assertion that "everyone is a policy maker". Now, just one year later, I am invested in advancing the Family Independence pilot projects and changing the face of public assistance in Minnesota. I view the Citizens League as one of the most powerful tools we citizens have for making Minnesota a better place. Membership in the Citizens League is what you make of it - and I am proud to know that my individual contribution has the potential to benefit hundreds, even thousands of Minnesotans.
Join or renew your membership today here.
If you are interested in serving on the Citizens League's membership committee or contributing your own membership story, contact Cat Beltmann at cbeltmann[at]citizensleague.org or 651-289-1075.
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 About the Citizens League
For 60 years, the Citizens League has created common ground across parties and ideologies to solve some of the biggest challenges facing Minnesota. On issues like schools, taxes, transportation, health care, and water, some of Minnesota's greatest public achievements have emerged from the Citizens League. Citizens League members connect with other Minnesotans, learn to lead on issues that matter to them and create solutions that achieve the common good.
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