July 2003

Welcome to the July issue of the National Civic League's e-mail newsletter. This monthly communication provides information on the activities and accomplishments of NCL and links to information on a variety of topics.

The National Civic League is a 109-year-old non-profit, non-partisan, membership 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. 2004 All-America City Awards
2. Model City Charter Available Soon
3. Student Voices Update
4. Student Voices Looks Forward to 2003 Fall Semester
5. NCL Staff Changes
6. Employment Opportunities
7. Contact Information

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If you need to evaluate or update your city charter to keep up with your community's changing needs and demands, the new Model City Charter can help. It's the tool to help you keep up with the latest perspectives and practices on good governance. The 8th Edition of the Model City Charter will help you manage modern issues facing municipalities, including:

Performance Measurement. Regional Cooperation. Citizen Participation. Campaign Finance. Election Law. New Technologies.

Reap the benefits of progress and efficiency. The 8th Edition will be available mid-August. To be notified when the new edition is available, please send your email address to Model City Charter. You will be able to order your copy of the new Model City Charter by calling the National Civic League at 1-800-864-8622, or order online at www.ncl.org.

We're interested in hearing from you. City Charter Survey (Please send your reponses to Model City Charter Survey) 1. When was the last time your city charter was revised? 2. Do you feel it's time to evaluate your city charter? 3. Has your municipality talked about revising its charter? 4. Do you feel your local government can improve its performance if it revised its charter? 5. What is the greatest challenge facing your municipality today? 6. Do you plan to order the New Model City Charter? 7. Do you want someone from NCL to contact you about the process of revising a city charter?

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The Spring Semester brought continued success for the 2002-2003 Denver Student Voices Project. Denver Student Voices is part of the National Student Voices Project, an initiative of the Annenberg Public Policy Center. The National Student Voices Project is supporting local civic education projects in 22 cities throughout the country. Denver high school students researched various important issues in the community and in the campaign throughout the semester. Many students interacted with the candidates during classroom visits to discuss ideas and debate potential solutions. The Denver Student Voices Web site also was an important resource for their research as the students discussed amongst themselves and with the candidates the various issues of the campaign. Tuesday, March 4, offered a unique and exciting opportunity as 1,200 high school students attended the Denver Student Voices Mayoral Candidates Forum at the University of Denver's Ritchie Center. All nine candidates participated in the forum. To complete the semester, the students participated in a Civics Fair where they displayed projects that demonstrated what they had learned about local government and making their voices heard. Cash prizes totaling $20,000 were given to the schools for award-winning projects.

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We welcome Gary Chandler as our New Director of Development and Communications.

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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.

The New Politics Program has an opening for an intern. This position's main responsibility will be to research local campaign finance reform and maintain and update the campaign finance reform database. The intern may work on other political reform issues such as ethics and youth civic engagement. See the full job description for more information.

For more information, please see our employment opportunites page.

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