by Jacob | Mar 14, 2018 | Voice
Policy and a Pint By Jacob Taintor It was standing room only at Amsterdam Bar and Hall in downtown St. Paul on a typically brisk November evening in 2014, and the venue’s all-ages crowd was abuzz. Three-pieced businesspeople chatted with tattooed entrepreneurs. Urban...
by Jacob | Mar 14, 2018 | Voice
League Notes By Adam Wahlberg A dynamic strategic plan ensures that the Citizens League’s mission will resonate for Minnesotans in 2018 and beyond At the Citizens League, the past is prologue. In 2017, the organization continued its 65-year-old pledge to create...
by Jacob | Mar 13, 2018 | Voice
Education By Louis Dzierzak For educators, job satisfaction transcends money and makes good sense The broader discourse surrounding public education is increasingly contentious. Taxpayer frustrations regarding repeated referendums, anxieties over class sizes, and...
by Jacob | Mar 13, 2018 | Voice
Conversation Starters By Amy Goetzman Mary Sue Hansen and Peggy Huot-Hansen set the table for in-depth conversations about issues that call for community Newcomers to Minnesota—whether they come from Kansas or Myanmar—often find that it can be a little cold in the...
by Jacob | Mar 13, 2018 | Voice
Affirmative & Negative By David Schimke Conflict consultant Robert Stains says productive conversation begins and ends with thoughtful questions It’s the first thing scribbled in a dog-eared notebook that, since it was filled over the course of three-day dialogue...
by Jacob | Feb 27, 2018 | Voice
The First Word By Pahoua Hoffman The Citizens League, like good government, thrives on public trust In any new job, it takes time to understand the inner workings of an organization and how it impacts the community. Nearly a year after I started my work as policy...
