June 2022

 

Welcome to CivicList, an independent newsletter to build community and uplift voices! In this edition I include: Ways for you to take action today.  A new format for interviews!  Missing CivicList from your inbox/ is your inbox a little too full? Like our Facebook page today to stay connected! A bit of art.  A quote by Anne Frank. Enjoy! --Matt First, Gratitude  I'm grateful for remote work options, which has opened up opportunity for me to be closer to nature in the Berkshires.   Take Community Action TODAY Give to the Ukrainian Children's Emergency Fund.  Write to Congress to enact gun background checks. Support a Ukrainian citizen fleeing the war. Find volunteer opportunities in your community today. Find out how a prominent gun lobbying organization pressures Congress. Tell Your U.S. Senators to confirm Steve Dettelbach As The Next ATF Director. Find your local political bridge-building organization here. Young people: earn $3,000 as an Advocacy Corp member with FCNL  Increase voting turnout using a proven method with VoteForward. Take a depolarizing workshop with Braver Angels. College students: apply to be a Voyager public service fellow by June 14. Hold Congress (and yourself) accountable by making monthly calls with Citizen's Climate Lobby. Tell banks to stop financing the fossil fuel industry! Fall in civic love with these 36 questions. What’s missing? Send me your civic action opportunities: matt@civiclist.org Follow CivicList on Facebook! Interviews with community builders Peter T. Coleman is author of The Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization. We take a walk outside and explore why and how movement and being outdoors can help us to "unfuck America." Monica Guzman is Digital Director of Braver Angels and author of I Never Thought of It That Way: How To Have Fearlessly Curious Conversations in Dangerously Divided Times In part 1, we talk about how to make a habit of being curious; the power of asking how, not why; how to turn an assumption into a question, and allowing people to surprise you. She shares the example of someone she interviewed for her book. Keith Marks is Director of Next Stage Arts Project in Putney, Vermont. We talk about arts in rural communities, and how arts can reflect the world we're living in now. We address how you know if what you're doing is working, and how "we are the government." We stroll though the campus of Jacob's Pillow in Beckett, Massachusetts.  Need a government relations consultant? Dr. Camp is for hire, and can provide government relations consulting and advocacy training for large and small non-profit organizations. My background is here. Contact me at matt@civiclist.org.   Art! Presently proud A Quote.. "How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank Subscribe to CivicList

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