The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee is convened by the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership and the Center for the Future of Arizona to help shape a vision, mission, objectives, and set of strategies to strengthen civic life in Arizona. The Steering Committee members meet regularly to engage in this work, including ways to activate the Civic Health Progress Meters. Below is a synopsis of the previous meetings:
October 20, 2022
Brian Dille, Ph.D., from Maricopa Community Colleges shared a progress update on the Civic Skills program he has developed in conjunction with several Steering Committee organizations. The intention of the modules is to create facilitated discussion opportunities paired with a video series to introduce skills training on civil discourse in non-traditional environments, such as the workplace. Dille hopes to have the final product available for use by next summer. Additionally, Kristi Tate and Dawn Wallace reported on the first Civic Language Perception Project community conversation with leadership alumni from the State of Black Arizona. We will continue to hold community conversations throughout the fall and spring and look forward to sharing our findings with the committee.
September 15, 2022
The Arizona Civic Life Partnership has been working with the PACE Language Project to dig deeper into the data collected during the Arizona oversample. Kristi Tate and Dawn Wallace shared out data comparing the results from the Arizona oversample to the results of PACE’s national data. The Steering committee identified information to emphasize and questions to ask during community convenings in the fall and spring.
June 21, 2022
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee announced a grant from Vitalyst Health Foundation that will be used to further the work of the committee. A portion of those funds will be used to provide stipends to our Steering Committee members for their participation, as well as to support next steps in the PACE Language Project.
- Committee members discussed next steps for the PACE Learning Project and potential community convenings through the Fall and Spring;
- Members shared resources and opportunities for engagement across sectors;
- Agenda
Kristi Tate from the Center for the Future of Arizona shared an update on the Arizona Voter’s Agenda and the expansion of the School Participatory Budget Project.
April 21, 2022
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee worked together to:
- Share resources that further the work of the committee;
- Build consensus around future engagement opportunities with the PACE Language Project.
- Agenda
Tammy Waller and Adam Seagrave for sharing updates on the Roadmap to Educating for American Democracy.
March 24, 2022
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee worked together to:
- Discuss the findings from last month’s PACE presentation;
- Identify opportunities for further engagement with the PACE Language Project.
- Agenda
Alberto Olivas, Founding Executive Director of the Pastor Center for Politics and Public Service delivered a presentation on increasing voter participation among young voters.
February 17, 2022
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee worked together to:
- Share information about opportunities for deeper engagement and cross-collaboration.
- Agenda
Committee Member Tara Jackson, President, Arizona Town Hall shared an overview of state-wide convenings presented by the Arizona Town Hall for the monthly committee member spotlight.
Kristen Campbell, CEO of Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement [PACE] presented on the Civic Language Perceptions Project.
January 20, 2022
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee worked together to:
- Advance key strategies and activities in data, communications, and convenings;
- Showcase the work of Steering Committee organizations; and
- Share relevant updates, upcoming events, and resources.
- Agenda
Committee Member Tammy Waller, Director of K-12 Social Studies and World Languages, Arizona Department of Education, was the committee member spotlight. She highlighted Arizona Department of Education’s upcoming Civic Learning Conference on April 2, 2022.
December 2, 2021
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee worked together to:
- Advance key strategies and activities in data, communications, and convenings
- Showcase work of Steering Committee organizations
- Share relevant updates, upcoming events, and resources
- Agenda
Steering Committee members Dr. Brian Dille and Travis Lane shared about their organizations and civic engagement work.
October 14, 2021
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee worked together to:
- Advance key strategies and activities in data, communications, and convenings
- Showcase work of Steering Committee organizations
- Share relevant updates, upcoming events, and resources
- Agenda
August 26, 2021
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee worked together to:
- Share progress to date of the Arizona Civic Life Partnership including our submission advancing to the next stage in the Stronger Democracy Award process; Discuss engagement plan, strategies, and activities to advance the Committee’s collective mission/vision;
- Align our engagement plan and agree upon roles and activities to advance our collective mission/vision; and
- Share relevant updates, upcoming events, and resources.
- Agenda
June 17, 2021
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee worked together to:
- Review and refine vision, mission, and objectives;
- Discuss engagement plan, strategies, and activities to advance the Committee’s collective mission/vision;
- Discuss ideas for the Stronger Democracy Award submission; and
- Share relevant updates, upcoming events, and resources.
- Agenda
May 21, 2021
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee focused on:
- Developing a working mission and vision statement to guide the CHSC work;
- Developing key outcomes for the CHSC;
- Reviewing and refining objectives for the next year;
- Exploring ideas for a Stronger Democracy Award application; and
- Sharing relevant updates and upcoming events and resources.
- Agenda
April 16, 2021
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee focused on:
- Mapping out priorities for civic life in Arizona;
- Identifying organizational alignment and gaps relative to the civic- engagement spectrum;
- Discussing potential areas of focus and expanded partnerships; and
- Clarifying the need for a shared vision, objectives, and measurable outcomes.
- Agenda
March 5, 2021
The Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee’s (CHSC) inaugural meeting focused on:
- Exploring the data: The data we explored together in the Civic Health Progress Meters sparked dialogue and provides a foundation for action.
- Developing shared meaning: We discussed the need to work together as a group and with our partners and communities to developed shared meaning, language, and definitions when we talk about civic life.
- Build community and collaboration: The group identified a strong desire for collaboration & deepened connection. Areas of shared focus emerged including a focus on youth engagement, collective decision-making, and focus on K-12 and higher education civics education.
- Agenda
Meet the members of the Arizona Civic Health Steering Committee
