Insights
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Building Civic Imagination
Read more: Building Civic ImaginationCivic leaders who organize their key stakeholders to govern in the interest of the common good must first begin with civic imagination. This is a core concept in civic organizing that is owned and taught by all civic leaders who are building a base of active citizens: every decision you make in every place of…
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Imagination vs. Reality
Read more: Imagination vs. RealityConversations with Peg Michels, Civic Organizing Inc. Peg Michels discusses how Civic Organizing works in real life.
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Standards that Drive Civic Organizing
Read more: Standards that Drive Civic OrganizingConversations with Peg Michels, Civic Organizing Inc. Discussion about Civic Organizing standards.
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The Proposed Solution Strategy: Elements of the Civic Organizing Framework
Read more: The Proposed Solution Strategy: Elements of the Civic Organizing FrameworkConversations with Peg Michels, Civic Organizing Inc. Peg Michels describes the Civic Organizing Framework and provides an overview of the elements of the framework.
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The Need for Civic Organizing
Read more: The Need for Civic OrganizingConversations with Peg Michels, Civic Organizing Inc. This episode describes the need for the civic organizing approach in our current political environment.
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Introduction to Can Democracy Survive?
Read more: Introduction to Can Democracy Survive?A short introduction to the Can Democracy Survive? podcast.
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A Tribute to Dorothy Cotton
Read more: A Tribute to Dorothy Cotton“So, I ask here, What’s next for our country, For the world? The same old questions and the same old answers? No! That just won’t do! A twenty-first century Citizenship Education Program approach, combining lessens from the historic movement with modern technology and new ways of seeing and understanding our problems and challenges, just might…
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Tony Massengale: In His Own Words
Read more: Tony Massengale: In His Own WordsWe are pleased to share two videos of Tony Massengale, co-author of the Civic Organizing Framework. Tony Massengale demonstrates his distinctive presence, voice, strength of conviction in this 2014 video on collaboration. As co-author of the Civic Organizing Framework, we agreed there was a need for a new approach to political organizing. The outcome would not only…
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Reflections on Charlottesville
Read more: Reflections on CharlottesvilleThe events surrounding Charlottesville, Virginia recalls this conversation with Tony Massengale as we responded to media images showing the heartbreaking and disproportionate impact of Hurricane Katrina on African Americans in New Orleans. Our reflection focused on the inability to address these factors in a constructive manner.
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Civic Nonprofit: 2016 Case Study
Read more: Civic Nonprofit: 2016 Case StudyThe Civic Nonprofit Demonstration (CNP) of the Minnesota Active Citizenship Initiative (MACI) was launched in 2003 when Sean Kershaw became executive director of the Citizens League. In August 2015, Citizens League membership in CNP was formally sunset after many attempts to advance a civic organizing approach within the institution. The experience provided essential information for…
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Civic Governance: 2016 Case Study
Read more: Civic Governance: 2016 Case StudyEnsuring water quality is one of the greatest public policy issues we face today. All of the decisions made in all places impact water quality, however, in our current system, the problem of water pollution is seen as government’s to solve, with little obligation for other sectors to play a role, and little incentive to organize…