A Website for the Ages: Calling Home

A Website for the Ages: Calling Home

What does home mean to you? When we’re starting our careers and families, it’s a question we often answer unconsciously as we make in-the-moment life decisions. On the other side of middle age, though, the concept becomes more complex and tends to require more...
MinnPost Commentary: The case for good debate

MinnPost Commentary: The case for good debate

In case you missed it, Citizens League Executive Director Sean Kershaw and Citizens League Voice founding editor David Schimke explain why healthy debate is needed now more than ever. “Instead of working together to find the best solutions to our common...
A GOOD DEBATE: WHOSE STREETS?

A GOOD DEBATE: WHOSE STREETS?

The Case For and Against Disruptive Protest Essays by Representative Nick Zerwas, Sarah Janeblum, and Neeraj Mehta. Each quarterly issue of Citizens League Voice will feature a section that involves bringing people together to share their differing opinions on a...
Informed. Engaged. Empowered

Informed. Engaged. Empowered

Wilder Foundation’s Community Equity Pipeline helps young leaders of color navigate the state capitol By Adam Wahlberg Walking the grounds and wandering the halls of the Minnesota State Capitol, one can’t help but be awed. Its white marble exterior, influenced by the...
How To Mobilize

How To Mobilize

Patty Thorsen’s transit work is highly personal—and effective By Jacqueline White Though her high-rise residence at City Walk Condomini­ums in downtown St. Paul puts her less than a mile from the Minnesota State Capitol building, Patty Thorsen has to draw on her...
Citizens League To Welcome New Board Members in 2018

Citizens League To Welcome New Board Members in 2018

Jessica Bell, John Knapp, Damon Shoholm and Kurt Zellers to join Citizens League board in 2018 The Citizens League will welcome four new members to its Board of Directors in 2018. At the Citizens League’s Annual Meeting last week, members approved the election...