June 2003

Hello, and welcome to the June issue of the National Civic League's email newsletter. This monthly communication will provide information on the activities and accomplishments of NCL and links to information on a variety of topics relating to NCL's mission.

The National Civic League is a 109-year-old non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to strengthening citizen democracy by transforming democratic institutions. NCL accomplishes its mission through technical assistance, training, publishing, research, and the All-America City Award. The National Civic League is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, and has an office in Washington, D.C. For more information, call 303-571-4343 or visit www.ncl.org.

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1. 2003 All-America City Awards
2. Student Voices
3. NCL Staff Changes
4. Employment Opportunities
5. Contact Information

Washington, D.C. - The celebration began for the ten communities that were designated as All-America Cities by the National Civic League during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. The All-America City Award, a 54-year-old program of the National Civic League recognizing civic excellence, annually honors 10 communities that best exemplify the spirit of grassroots citizen involvement and cross-sector collaborative problem solving. Since the program began in 1949, more than 4,000 communities (neighborhoods, towns, cities, counties, and regions) have competed and nearly 500 communities have been named All-America Cities. [Read More]

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The National Civic League is proud to announce that the Student Voices Program is embarking on its second year in Denver, Colorado. Under the Student Voices Program, the National Civic League will be working with the Denver Public School system to increase civic engagement among high school students. We are very excited to be running this project for another year. If you are interested in learning more about the program, please visit our website at www.ncl.org or contact Kelly Bovio, Student Voices Program Manager, at (303) 571-4343.

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Derek Okubo is the new Vice President of the National Civic League.
The Manager of our Washington office will be Robert Loper.
They have given the National Civic League much of their time and devotion. Congratulations.

We also welcome Kelly Bovio our new Student Voices Project Manager. Welcome to the NCL, Kelly.

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NCL's Federal-Community Partnerships project has an immediate opening for a Project Director to oversee provision of training and technical assistance to the Safe Kids/Safe Streets and Safe Start federal demonstration initiatives to prevent juvenile deliquency. For more information including a description of the project director's duties and the qualifications required for the position, please see the full job description.

There is an immediate opening for a Senior Program Associate for Federal-Community Partnerships. This position serves as senior staff on Federal-Community Partnerships projects, including the Safe Kids/Safe Streets initiative and the Safe Start demonstration. For more information, please see the full job description.

The All-America City program currently has an opening for an intern to provide summary writing and research for an NCL web page summarizing Youth Initiative Challenge programs. See the full job description for more information.

For more available positions, please see our employment opportunites page.

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