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https://apnews.com/press-release/pr-newswire/john-silvanus-wilson-jr-487df7812ccaf73677b67387550c1384 METUCHEN, N.J., March 20, 2025 — The Citizen Service, a new citizen-driven, national public service, today named John Silvanus Wilson Jr its first president. A national leader in higher education, Wilson has served as President of Morehouse College, and has held leadership positions at MIT, Harvard and the White House where he has challenged […]

METUCHEN, N.J., Aug. 14, 2024 — The Citizens Campaign regularly releases episodes for Power Up Podcast every Wednesday! Listeners can tune in and hear from everyday citizens who have used No-Blame Leadership training to become leaders bettering their communities. It also feature biweekly stories of solutions adopted across the country. The podcast aims to serve […]

METUCHEN, N.J., Jul. 12, 2024 — The Citizens Campaign launched its Power Up Podcast this past Wednesday! Listeners can tune in and hear from everyday citizens who have used No-Blame Leadership training to become leaders bettering their communities. The podcast aims to serve as a platform where interviewees and audience alike can listen and discuss […]

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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 […]