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Streaming Links Below “When you ask ‘how do you stay disciplined in not being toxic’, it’s the moment you see what you used to be and you had to destroy that in yourself – now you know how to be empathetic towards others.” Darren “Freedom” Green on Power Up Podcast – Darren: How to Not […]

Streaming links found below “If you wanna win, here’s the strategy. You have to communicate with other people. You can’t do anything alone. You have to work together” Bradley Gonmiah on Power Up Podcast – Bradley: (Un)Selfless Service METUCHEN, N.J., Jul. 12, 2024 — The Citizens Campaign launched its Power Up Podcast this past Wednesday! […]

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“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 […]