Video Overview

Powerful Roles

Part I: Serving as a Civic Trustee & Serving as a Solutions Advocate

See: Citizen Power, Chapter 8 & Chapter 9; see also Civic Trustee Handbook in appendix

This video contains information about:

1. Serving as a Civic Trustee: Civic Trusts are groups of citizens who work together to advance solutions for their cities and towns in a non-partisan no-blame environment. Trustees take the Civic Pledge to leave their community and country better than they found them by offering practical, evidence-based solutions. 
   • In monthly Civic Trust Solution Sessions, Trustees work together to identify pressing problems & research solutions. Trustees serve for 1-3 years.
   • Civic Trusts share successful solutions on the National Solutions Sharing Platform. 
   • For more, including the Civic Trust Handbook, see: https://thecitizenscampaign.org/citizen-leadership-roles/role-civic-trustee-citizen-leadership/
2. Serving as a Solutions Advocate: solutions advocates find and promote evidence-based, cost-effective, successful solutions to decision-makers and the general public. This can impact and elevate the political and governmental climate.
   • Solutions Advocates can use social media to raise awareness of issues 
   • They can bring research to the media to help cover an issue better. 
   • Solutions Advocates can work with Civic Trusts for greater impact.