“Our goal is to provide all Americans with the opportunity to become pragmatic leaders, taking responsibility for their communities and country and in doing so fortifying our democracy.” METUCHEN, N.J., Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The Citizens Campaign today launched its Campaign for Citizen Service designed to give all Americans the opportunity to get the […]

“We know from experience that looking to new national leaders or Washington. DC alone to solve our trust problem will not work.  Instead, we must look to each other to rebuild trust, beginning with taking responsibility as citizens to work to better our own communities. As Pamela Scott Johnson, provost at Spelman College, exclaimed at […]

On October 26, a group of thought leaders and democracy supporters gathered in Newark at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center for a forum and conversation on “Re-igniting America’s Culture of Service.” A compelling panel presentation and discussion including the Citizen Campaign’s new co-chairs Pamela Scott Johnson, Spelman College provost and Super Bowl Champion, Bart […]

The training is being made available via Seattle Central’s Continuing Education program. People who complete the online course will receive a certificate in “Leadership and No-Blame Problem Solving” issued by the college. The course is now open to students, community members and college employees. Those interested can register at https://training.thecitizenscampaign.org/courses/leadership-no-blame-at-scc. Leadership and No-Blame Problem Solving introduces students and members of […]

The Citizens Campaign and the Rutgers Center for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) co-hosted a webinar on “Closing the Civic Empowerment Gap.” Marybeth Gasman, director of the Center for MSIs and the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity, and Justice, moderated the discussion. In her book No Citizen Left Behind, Harvard’s Meira Levinson outlined the dimensions […]

Trenton Civic Trust and The Citizens Campaign Partner with Trenton Public School District The Trenton Civic Trust heralded the Trenton Public School Board’s decision to forge a partnership, incorporating “Leadership and No-Blame Problem Solving,” an innovative curriculum component developed by The Citizens Campaign, in its high school history and social studies course.  The Trenton Board […]

The Citizens Campaign and the Rutgers Center for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) co-hosted a webinar on “Training Citizen Leaders at MSIs: Building Power Beyond the Ballot.” MSIs – whether they are HBCUs, land-grant institutions, anchor institutions, or community colleges – are on a special mission to empower their students and expand their sense of their own […]

In an op-ed published by the Bergen Record, Harry Pozycki suggests improvements to Governor Murphy’s proposal to gut the state’s Open Public Records Act. Harry and The Citizens Campaign played a key role in passing OPRA in 2001. Thanks to this “Sunshine Law,” NJ residents can now find out details of their cities’ current policies, […]

This year’s interns at the New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation can add “No-Blame Problem Solving” to their impressive resumés and their leadership skills! Through training with Assistant Chancellor Diane Hill of Rutgers-Newark, the interns from HBCUs and New Jersey colleges had the opportunity to earn a Certificate of Training in Leadership and No-Blame Problem […]

“We know our students and the public at large are committed to improving Tallahassee, the surrounding communities and the nation as a whole. It is part of our mission to give them the skills and knowledge to do so,” said Phyllis Watson, director of Continuing Education at FAMU. “Partnering with The Citizens Campaign in establishing a Citizen Leadership Training Base at FAMU will […]