If you want community members to participate productively in public meetings, it helps to have a high level of knowledge about their attitudes, history, and networks. Where do you they...
According to Pew Research, public trust in government is among the lowest it has been in 70 years of polling. Today, 25% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they trust...
The National Civic League added four new members to its board of directors and elected a new slate of officers at its last regular meeting. The National Civic League’s board...
By the Board of the Rye NH Civic League www.ryecivicleague.org During the late 1900s, interest in local civic affairs began to decline as interest in national partisan ideologies rose. This...
In recent years, citizen assemblies have grown in popularity across the world. In the United States, notable organizations like the Democracy Creative, Healthy Democracy, Berggruen Institute, Deliberative Democracy Lab, and...
Local democratic meetings are facing significant challenges. Some of these challenges include poor or limited attendance, polarized atmospheres that consist of division between members of a community and between members...
‘Time is a gift. Every minute. Every second.’ -Lewis Carroll, Alice Through the Looking Glass ‘If you knew Time as well as I do, said the Hatter, ‘you wouldn’t...
“Forget the national level, forget the state level; if you really want to make a difference on climate change, focus on the local level,” said Rocky Piro, a former local...
Local officials and staff know that not everyone is going to be happy with the decisions they make. As Abraham Lincoln famously pointed out, “You can never please all of...
