COMING UP NEXT
01.13.2010 // by: Alison
As you’ll see in our Upcoming Events section, we’ve got a lot of big stuff coming up around here. Below is a quick run-down.
Wed, January 20: City Share: “Design for the Greater Good”
Casey Caplowe is the creative director for GOOD, an integrated media platform for people who want to live well and do good. GOOD is both a company and community for the people, businesses, and NGOs moving the world forward, with a mission to provide content, experiences, and utilities to serve this community.
For this week’s City Share, Caplowe will not be discussing one city in particular, but rather explaining several city enrichment initiatives that GOOD is featuring, encouraging, and participating in. Through open-source brainstorming and international design expos, GOOD is helping to connect big ideas in small towns across the country and the world. On Wednesday, Caplowe will give us a tour of some of these ideas and we’ll have a chance to voice some of our own.
A delicious, grease and trans-fat free lunch will be generously provided by JJ Maverick’s.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Blair Waddell at 423.648.2195 or blair [at] createhere.org.
Saturday, January 30: How to Run for Public Office Seminar
Thinking about running for elected office or playing a leadership role in someone else’s campaign? Join us for this non-partisan seminar that’s open to anyone interested in seeking (or keeping) an elected office. Topics will include:
• First Steps as a Candidate: Making the Decision to Run
• Know Your Territory: How to Get Information on Your Constituency
• Media Relations: How to Draft and Deliver Your Message
• Election Fundraising and Budgets
• Compliance and Record-Keeping
• If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Panel of Current Office Holders
9 am - 3 pm in UTC University Center, Raccoon Mountain Room.
$20 will get you in for the day, including a light breakfast and lunch.
RSVP by Wednesday, January 27th to Keesha Marshall at 423.756.1762 or info@ulchatt.net.
February 3: City Share: “Open Source Education”
David Boehnke is a volunteer organizer and co-founder of the Experimental College of the Twin Cities (EXCO), where everyone can teach or take classes and all classes are free. EXCO is a collective of Experimental Colleges in Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN that shares visions of a better world, offers free and open classes, and is building a community around education for social change. At EXCO.
February 17: City Share: “Reinventing Urban Spaces”
Dan Kildee is the chairperson for the Genesee County Land Bank, as well as being the Treasurer for Genesee County. The Genesee County Land Bank manages land in and around Flint, MI that has been obtained through foreclosure, gift, or purchase in such a way as to return those properties to the tax roll in a higher and better condition than when received.
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