<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Dawn</div><div><br></div><div>I have asked the Washington County Commissioners, through the county grants officer, if there is any interest in the Building Civi Bridges Act.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)<br></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM Dawn Hewitt, FUUSM office assistant via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">A potentially interesting read (or two) in this newsletter that the FUUSM office received out of the blue.<div><br></div><div>George, please note the first item on Building Civic Bridges. Greenies, look at the third item, on the emissions reductions goals and actions of Boulder, Colorado. Also interesting are the lists of communities who are sustaining members of this initiative. Wouldn't it be great to figure out how it is that local governments can be encouraged to buy in to efforts like this?</div><div><br></div><div>FYI. </div><div><br></div><div>--dawn<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">National Civic League</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ncl-ncl.org@shared1.ccsend.com" target="_blank">ncl-ncl.org@shared1.ccsend.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jan 2, 2025 at 10:15 AM<br>Subject: Transforming Democracy Together<br>To: <<a href="mailto:fuusm.office@gmail.com" target="_blank">fuusm.office@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><div><u></u>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin:0px" align="left">There is new momentum behind the Building Civic Bridges Act (BCBA), a bill that would help communities address the root causes of division in America. This month, the League’s Center for Democracy Innovation worked with Resolutionaries, a nonprofit organization that has been advocating for the bill, to organize a meeting in Washington to discuss how the field can support this critical legislation.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;margin:0px" align="left">One of the cities making measurable progress by engaging the community to address climate change is Boulder, Colorado, which recently announced that it achieved a 24% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in 2023 compared to 2018. By collaborating with nonprofit groups and community members, the city is well on its way toward its goal of a 70% reduction from 2018 levels by 2030.</p>
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="table-layout:fixed"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-size:12px;line-height:1.2;display:block;padding:10px 20px 10px 0px" align="center" valign="top"><p style="text-align:left;margin:0px" align="left">In recent years, the City of Seattle has begun a process of re-envisioning Tribal and urban Native engagement. This new approach better recognizes the political status of many Native communities and seeks to advance racial equity for all Native people. Through a two-pronged approach, the city has created and re-invigorated engagement pathways. <a href="https://7spuonoab.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001s1PLi-M4Im5_v29DXfwsAPve1_FhSwvrKVLuMGsxpd_-KaQEzC4JdsDMh0NqBtJm9R_NRVvIDXvJvOE6MebVq1mIEF-oIpNnYBjqZxaeFnLz3g13qjJdTqBd6AhaWe3gH8LT4NmdYS9duPm0-rQ59cjaHIdGfkq5jtA0JyxZFY9a7MdKFGouDYY3oqXCT7D9-keRL3xMmLJP1G9hPjjxAOB2H-wxEoHVswnVefRP2du--l4wLgigsUgnIXolcflzp5abXyMykQYf79w477bu9YyQKLa5qveyIIT7Wx1k7EE=&c=TeKaIFaEUX6wLd6TfdUAsi1quO7Wk_zwJnmUhrBONqI3IEeYbxHFbQ==&ch=XUmMZhEGvgzFwkrsmyhKXXN4j9Gn9IutlU2bdZqzazh1t0Wy1_z-lQ==" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:rgb(0,0,255);font-weight:normal;text-decoration:underline;font-style:normal" target="_blank">Read more</a> in the fall edition of the <span style="font-style:italic">National Civic Review</span>.</p></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="table-layout:fixed" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:100%" align="center" valign="top">
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(26,25,26);font-weight:bold">National Civil Discourse and Engagement Webinar</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px">Jan 15, 2025 at 1 pm ET </p>
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<p style="margin:0px">Winter 2025 Meeting</p>
<p style="margin:0px">January 15-16, 2025</p>
<p style="margin:0px">Washington, DC</p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold">National Day of Racial Healing</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px">January 21, 2025</p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(26,25,26)">National League of Cities</span></p>
<p style="margin:0px">Congressional City Conference</p>
<p style="margin:0px">March 10-12, 2025</p>
<p style="margin:0px">Washington, DC</p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:bold;font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">Now accepting article proposals for National Civic Review</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:12px;color:rgb(64,63,66);font-family:Arial,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif">The deadline for the Spring issue is March 15th. </span></p>
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<p style="margin:0px"><span style="font-size:11px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability at Ohio State</span></p>
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