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Empowering Citizens. How engaged citizens in Moscow, Idaho and Morehead, Ky., created new visions for their communities.
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In this guest perspective, Sylvia Lovely, president of the NewCities Institute, describes how her organization engaged citizens in Moscow, Idaho and Morehead, Ky., to create new visions for their communities.
It was a typical leadership program class, with specialists discussing every aspect of leadership from basic service to taking charge and making things happen. But as the program was about to close, one young woman shared her anguish: "I’m not leaving here until you tell me how to talk to my mayor!" With that comment, she communicated her frustration with the street-level work she was trying to do and the roadblocks she encountered.
By Sylvia L. Lovely
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