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SUMMARY:Civic Leadership Day
DESCRIPTION:All alumni invited to join us anytime during this class session!\n\n\n\nThe focus will be on volunteerism and civic leadership. It will open with breakfast and a two hour leadership module\, facilitated by Dr. Janiece Upshaw. Dr. Upshaw is an Assistant Professor and serves as Program Coordinator for the Graduate School of Public Leadership at the University of North Texas Dallas. Her teaching is focused on increasing the quality of leadership in nonprofit organizations. She has also extensively researched the role of nonprofit leaders in building social capital before and after events of public violence.  The Public Leadership program utilizes a "Community as the Classroom" model in which students interact with community leaders and organizations to prepare them for work in the public or nonprofit sectors.\n\n\n\nHer points of discussion will be\n\n	Citizen engagement has been interpreted by many to simply be a simple conduit of information: delivery of information to citizen and citizen response\n	Citizen participation however\, allows community residents\, citizens and stakeholders to play an active role in plans\, processes and decisions as is required by law.\n	Understand the purposes of citizen participation and the strategies to implement them\; discovering citizens' preferences\; incorporating citizens' local knowledge\; advancing fairness and justice\; gaining legitimacy for public decisions\; adhering to the law for government entities.\n\n\n\nFollowing the leadership module will be the Mayor's Panel facilitated by State Representative Carl Sherman Sr.\n\n\n\n\n\n	Stephen Mason\, Mayor\, City of Cedar Hill\n	Curtistene McCowan\, Mayor\, City of DeSoto\n	Barry Gordon\, Mayor\, City of Duncanville\n	Clyde Hairston\, Mayor\, City of Lancaster\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\nLunch will be included for all registered class members and alumni that are current with their dues.  Lunch available for purchase for all other registered guests.\n\n\n\n\n\nFollowing lunch will be the School Board Trustees Panel facilitated by Dr. Kevin Fegan\, District President\, Navarro College\n\n\n\n\n	Cheryl Wesley\, President\, Cedar Hill ISD          \n	Karen Daniel\, Board President\, DeSoto ISD\n	Carla Fahey\, Board President\, Duncanville ISD \n	Ellen Clark\, Board President\, Lancaster ISD \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCity Boards & Commissions - How to Volunteer?\n\nSchool Boards - How to Run for School Board?\n\nChambers of Commerce - What is their role and how to serve?\n\nClass of 2020 Gaming Challenge
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;"><strong>All alumni invited to join us anytime during this class session!</strong><br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="125" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9571/Image/JanieceUpshaw.jpg" style="width: 125px\; height: 125px\; float: left\; border-width: 2px\; border-style: solid\; margin: 0px 5px\;" width="125" />The focus will be on volunteerism and civic leadership. It will open with breakfast and a two hour leadership module\, facilitated by Dr. Janiece Upshaw. Dr. Upshaw is an Assistant Professor and serves as Program Coordinator for the Graduate School of Public Leadership at the University of North Texas Dallas. Her teaching is focused on increasing th</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">e quality of leadership in nonprofit organizations. She has also extensively researched the role of nonprofit leaders in building social capital before and after events of public violence.&nbsp\; The Public Leadership program utilizes a &ldquo\;Community as the Classroom&rdquo\; model in which students interact with community leaders and organizations to prepare them for work in the public or nonprofit sectors.<br />\n<br />\nHer points of discussion will be</span></span></span>\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Citizen engagement has been interpreted by man</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">y to simply be a simple conduit of information: delivery of information to citizen and citizen response</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Citizen participation however\, allows community residents\, citizens and stakeholders to play an active role in plans\, processes and decisions a</span></span></span><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">s is required by law.</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Understand the purposes of citizen participation and the strategies to implement them\; discovering citizens&#39\; preferences\; incorporating citizens&#39\; local knowledge\; advancing fairness and justice\; gaining legitimacy for public decisions\; adhering to the law for government entities.</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Following the leadership module will be the Mayor&#39\;s Panel facilitated by State Representative Carl Sherman Sr.</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<img alt="" height="222" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9571/Image/Mayors1.jpg" style="width: 450px\; height: 222px\; float: right\;" width="450" />\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Stephen Mason\, Mayor\, City of Cedar Hill</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Curtistene McCowan\, Mayor\, City of DeSoto</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Barry Gordon\, Mayor\, City of Duncanville</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Clyde Hairston\, Mayor\, City of Lancaster</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp\;<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Lunch will be included for all registered class members and alumni that are current with their dues.&nbsp\; Lunch available for purchase for all other registered guests.<br />\n<br />\n<br />\nFollowing lunch will be the School Board Trustees Panel facilitated by Dr. Kevin Fegan\, District President\, Navarro College<br />\n<img alt="" height="255" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9571/Image/Trustees.png" style="width: 450px\; height: 255px\; float: right\;" width="450" /></span></span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Cheryl Wesley\, President\, Cedar Hill ISD&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; </span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Karen Daniel\, Board President\, DeSoto ISD</span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Carla Fahey\, Board President\, Duncanville ISD </span></span></span></li>\n	<li><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">Ellen Clark\, Board President\, Lancaster ISD </span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<br />\n<br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#000080\;">City Boards &amp\; Commissions - How to Volunteer?<br />\nSchool Boards - How to Run for School Board?<br />\nChambers of Commerce - What is their role and how to serve?<br />\nClass of 2020 Gaming Challenge<br />\n&nbsp\;</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<br />\n&nbsp\;
LOCATION:921 W Belt Line Rd Ste 181 DeSoto\, TX 75115
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DTSTAMP:20260410T145433Z
URL:http://leadershipswtx.memberzone.com/events/details/civic-leadership-day-118
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