January 25, 2008

New Ways to Get Involved

Policy Advancement Meetings

Please help the Citizens League advance our policy work around health care and transportation. If you want to attend either meeting please reply to this email (Brian Bell).

Citizens League 2008 Transportation Priorities
Friday, February 8, 2008
8:00 - 9:30 a.m.
555 N. Wabasha Street
Fourth Floor Boardroom

How is the Citizens League advancing transportation policy and what decisions are coming up? Stay tuned to the Citizens League policy blog for more details.

Upcoming Events

Connect for a Cause

Monday, February 11, 2008
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Varsity Theater, 1308 4th Street SE, Minneapolis

Looking for an opportunity to volunteer in a substantive role with a local organization? Join us for an exciting event by young people for young people in the Twin Cities. Connect for a Cause will bring together area nonprofits looking for volunteers with young leaders searching for the right fit. We'll begin with "speed-matching" - similar to speed-dating, individuals will move from table to table learning about participating organizations and their volunteer opportunities. The organizations will have just three minutes to impress potential volunteers before finding out if they will be asked on a second "date." The speed-matching will be followed by a more casual social hour. Participants are welcome to attend either or both sessions. Click here to find out more or to sign up.

Policy Open House

We hope you'll join us for the Policy Open House - and please forward this invitation to your friends and colleagues. It will be a great introduction to the Citizens League!

Thursday, February 28, 2008
4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
St. Paul College, 235 Marshall Ave., St. Paul

Join us find out more about 2008 Citizens League policy agenda - and how you can get involved. The event will feature various policy activities scattered through the evening. From transportation policy to a video booth, the Open House will give members an opportunity to learn from each other about key issues for the coming year. Information on our current work will be available the whole time, and other Citizens League members and staff will be on hand to talk about this year's policy priorities. The event is free and open to members and non-members alike. Stop by for half an hour or stay for longer - doors will be open all evening. Click here to read more about some of the activities and to sign up.

Help the Citizens League archive our historic reports

The Citizens League is looking for someone with the capacity to scan our historic work. We are hoping that the reports can be scanned into PDFs that are searchable (using character recognition software) and are a reasonable size.

The Citizens League has over 400 reports that need to be scanned. We'll provide staff support - but we need all the help we can get.

The reports are a great asset to the Citizens League and to Minnesota. If you can help, please reply to this email (bbell [at] citizensleague.org) or call Brian at 651-293-0575 ext. 17.

Posted by Annie Levenson-Falk at January 25, 2008 9:46 AM