Earlier this summer, the trustees of the Ann Arbor Awesome Foundation awarded a $1,000 grant to journalist-tuned-local civics champion Mary Morgan for the purposes of creating a how-to kit for those interested in hosting nonpartisan pre-election potlucks. Here, with more on this specific initiative, as well as on the newly formed CivCity non-profit from which […]
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CivCity’s quest to rescue American democracy, one community at a time
Posted in A2Awesome, Ann Arbor, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged A2 Game Designers, Ann Arbor Chronicle, Ann Arbor District Library’s Summer Game, apathy, candidate forums, Candidates Gone Wild, Citizen Interaction Design, CivCity, civic engagement, civic involvement of students, civic life, civics, community potlucks, Donald Harrison, GameStart, iCivics, Johanna Epstein, League of Women Voters, local government, LocalWiki, Mary Morgan, Omari Rush, POP-X, Portland, potluck, pre-election potlucks, Sandra Day O’Connor, Sandra Gergerman, Washtenaw Literacy 7 Comments
I know I said I needed your vote before, but now’s when I really need it..
Do you remember how, a few weeks ago, I asked you to vote for me in that competition to win a scholarship to this year’s Netroots Nation convention? Well, I’m about to do it again. I wasn’t going to, but a friend talked me into it last night. I hate asking for people to do […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged blogging, blogs, call to action, Democracy for America, Netroots Nation, scholarships 11 Comments
Palin supporters in Columbus, Ohio
I know that it’s easy to make people look bad through editing, and I imagine that you could interview 100 random Obama supporters and get some pretty uneducated responses, but, with that said, I do believe these interviews with Palin supporters in Columbus are telling.