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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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Tuesday, May 1, 2012 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Blue Nile Restaurant
2027 Franklin Ave. E, Minneapolis
Register now
Wanting to get out and meet some new civic-minded individuals? Join the Citizens League for this networking opportunity. You've heard of speed dating: an event with structured quick interactions with folks looking to find a romantic relationship. This is a chance to start a new civic relationship. Citizens League hosts will lead you through a rapid networking interactions to meet new professionals who are doing great work in the community. It's quick, with no commitments, but who knows what kind of civic matchmaking might arise? Come for the networking, stay for the happy hour while mingling with fellow Citizen League members. 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! Please bring your business cards to get entered into a drawing for Citizens League prizes. Happy Hour is part of the Citizens League 2012 Inter-Generational Events series, which is sponsored by Target. |
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Connect: Bring the Citizens League to your workplace
 Did you know the Citizens League can bring interactive and individually tailored policy programs to your company or organization?
Educate your colleagues, clients, and employees on critical issues through our interactive Pizza and Policy programs, or through Quantum Civics, our employee leadership development program.
Click here to learn more about membership benefits for businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies. For more information, contact Dani Fisher, Director of Advancement, at dfisher[at]citizensleague.org.
This week, Padilla Speer Beardsley hosted the Citizens League for a conversation with employees about health and health reform. The Citizens League would like to thank Padilla for generously providing pro bono support to the Citizens League during our 60th anniversary year.
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| Connect: Take our member survey
 Why did three members join the Citizens League?
"I wanted to support and get involved in an organization that I knew could influence for real change."
"I am nearing retirement from full time work and would like to do worthwhile things now and when I am retired."
"Because I support its mission to engage more people in policy issues and because I find its programming informative."
Tell us why you became a member of the Citizens League by taking our 2012 member survey here.
If you are a current member of the Citizens League, we want your feedback! Tell us what we're doing right, what we need to improve, and how we can better meet your needs by taking a brief, five-minute survey.
Contact Membership and Engagement Manager Cat Beltmann at cbeltmann[at]citizensleague.org or 651-289-1074 with any questions.
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Create: Attend Citizen Solutions Health Reform conversations
A statewide conversation about what values and priorities are important in health reform is underway, and you can join in!
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The Citizen Solutions project, a joint effort of the Citizens League and the Bush Foundation, is traveling 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.
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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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Good news! The Minnesota Legislature has sent an omnibus