Active Citizenship and Civic Leadership

Helping members build their civic leadership skills is a priority for the Citizens League -- developing leaders who govern for the common good is a key part of our mission. Given the unique non-partisan, citizen-based and multi-issue position of the Citizens League, civic leadership building is also one of our great opportunities.

Developing civic capacity needs to be a part of everything we do: from casual gatherings such as our Policy and a Pint series, to public policy development, to structured classes that help people be part of an ongoing civic base.

The Citizens League partners with the Minnesota Active Citizenship Initiative and Civics Connection on our active citizenship work.

Projects


Active Citizenship Course -- coming soon!

The Citizens League is working to build new opportunities for participants to build their civic capacity and to improve the opportunities that already exist. In 2008, we will be starting informal Active Citizenship Workshops and will launch an in-depth Civic Policy Leadership Course. Click here to read more.

Action Groups

Young Citizens League members (in their 20's) have organized projects to take action in the areas of energy and the environment and public leadership. Each group has focused on a specific question within the policy area, proposed a plan of action to address the question, and are putting their plans into place. Click here to find out more.