From the Community Politics Team

Many thanks from the Community Politics Team go out to the Leagues who sent representatives to the Challenge 21/Community Politics Team Community Leadership Institute on February 5th, 2005. Representatives from Auburn, Birmingham, Gadsden, and Tuscaloosa attended the workshop that provided instruction and practice in conducting community conversations. It's a great start for these Leagues who may now return to their communities and encourage citizen participation in politics with a little "p." Just a reminder to those who were in attendance at the workshop; the Community Politics Team will be happy to work on a continuing basis to aid your efforts to launch your own discussion teams. If you would like to invite the Team to visit with your community and help you conduct a conversation, please contact Scarlett Gaddy (sbgaddy@yahoo.com) or (http://us.f520.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=sbgaddy@yahoo.com) for further information. Congratulations to the Birmingham LWV for holding our first conversation since the workshop on March 31, 2005! Here's to greater citizen involvement in community decision-making!