Mission
The mission of Citizens’ Voices is to engage a broad range
of citizens in education, discussion of issues, and community problem-solving in a
proactive, positive manner.
What Citizens’ Voices Does
- Convene
people around community issues
- Gather
information and Best Practices on community issues
- Share
findings with the community and policy makers
- Use
the internet to share Best Practices and report local findings
- Practice
(and model for others) common courtesy
How Citizens’ Voices Does This
- Interactive Methods
- Advisory
Committee Meetings (3 so far)
- Round
Table Discussions
- Active
work groups focused on issues (economic development, public/private
partnerships, communication and engagement, the environment)
- Focus
Groups
- Community
Forums (like the February series on the nonprofit sector)
- Information Gathering/Sharing Methods
- Best
Practices and literature reviews
- Web
based surveys (current survey on local economic development)
- White
papers
- Information
and findings posted on web site
- Community
Forums
The Role of Citizens’ Voices Advisory Committee Member
- Participate
in Citizens’ Voices advisory committee to identify issues
- Bring
information and share your perspective
- Share what
you learn with others in the community
- Participate
in the information gathering process through a specific work group
- Participate
in Citizens’ Voices events or co-sponsored events
- Encourage
people to use the information on the Citizens’ Voices website
- Encourage
people to get enough information to fully understand issues
- Practice
(and model for others) common courtesy in communicating with others,
particularly during disagreements
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