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The Citizens Campaign Unveils Online Course Empowering Everyone to Take Personal Responsibility for Healing Our Political Divide

The Citizens Campaign today unveiled an online citizen leadership course introducing the art of No-Blame Problem Solving. “Leadership and No-Blame Problem-Solving” is designed to give every citizen the skills needed to take personal responsibility for bridging the divide that stands in the way of solving today’s many challenges. The free course teaches proven strategies that […]

The application period has been extended from January 15th to March 15th for community colleges which would like to be selected to host model Citizen Leadership Centers. Ten community colleges around the nation will be selected in this initial round. Citizen Leadership Centers are designed to train students in pragmatic problem-solving and provide opportunities for […]

Civic Engagement Beyond the Ballot

February 5, 2021 Joanna Kenty, PhD, The Citizens Campaign A lot is going to change, both in politics and in higher education, in 2021. At The Citizens Campaign, we have undertaken a groundbreaking new initiative to meet the fierce urgency of 21st century crises, by giving citizens — especially people of color and economically disadvantaged urban […]

Middlesex College | News Release The Citizens Campaign and Middlesex County College announced the establishment of a Citizen Leadership Center designed to train students in problem-solving skills of community issues and provide opportunities for them to put their training to use as ”citizen leaders” working to better their communities. Citizen Leadership Centers are designed to […]

LIVE UPDATES: Tracking the coronavirus in New Jersey POLITICS & GOVERNMENT Newark launches campaign to bolster civic engagement BY Michael Aron, Chief Political Correspondent | November 28, 2018, 5PM ESTSHARE: Harry Pozycki of Perth Amboy was once a politician. In 1998 he founded a good government group, The Citizens Campaign. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has been interested in […]

When police officers, communities, and great relationships come together, the results can be transformative. In New Jersey’s highly-diverse Capital City, where people from all walks of life long for a better and brighter future, the Trenton Civic Trust is working in tandem with the Trenton Police Department to launch a joint initiative to recruit a […]

PATERSON, NJ – Paterson residents seeking to make a change in their city through civic engagement are invited to an information session hosted by The Citizens Campaign. The information session will be held at Passaic County Community College and begin at 6:00 p.m. The Metuchen based organization, already active in cities across New Jersey, are, their […]

As we move into the next phase of the battle to defeat COVID-19 and reclaim our public lives, we need to mount bottom-up plans of action. We must draw on our community spirit and our community resources and, most importantly, our local knowledge in navigating the complicated path forward when we replace short-term sheltering-in-place with […]

NJ Spotlight Op-ed: Newark sets the national standard for civic empowerment

Brick City becomes first ‘Civic City’ in country, prioritizing practical solutions, problem-solving, and empowering citizens to drive government from the bottom up. As we watch the dysfunction of our national government, where just keeping the doors open seems like an accomplishment, it is tempting to simply point fingers and express frustration. But as President Franklin […]

Citizen Power & The Art of No-Blame Problem Solving: A 21st Century Citizens Manual

Citizen Power & The Art of No-Blame Problem Solving: A 21st Century Citizens Manual, is designed to provide the people of New Jersey with the know how to use their political power to better their communities and our Country. We don’t have to wait on the sidelines for our government to act; using the step-by-step […]