The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference
June 13, 2008 10:45 am Event, Keynote SpeakersAugust 5, 2008
7 p.m., Hillcrest Auditorium - Highland Park Library/Hillcrest Recreation Center auditorium
The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference
Harry C. Boyte, a nationally known community organizer and activist, will present his new book, The Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference. Harry Boyte is the author of several books, and a senior fellow at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Check out Harry Boyte’s Blog page: http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cdc/bythepeople/
Request Citizen Solution: How You Can Make a Difference from the Saint Paul Public Library.
July 27th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Check out Harry and his colleagues’ blog “By the People” at http://blog.lib.umn.edu/cdc/bytheeople/
I attended the “informal” launch event for his new book at the Wesiman, which was really a great experience. People from all walks of life got together to hear Harry talk about how regular people can (and have been) realizing the power they hold within themselves as citizens and using it to create grassroots movements to bring about change on both small and large scales.
At their blog, the folks at Center for Democracy and Citizenship examine moments where ordinary people accomplish extraordinary results when they band together and decide to change the status quo. In working with Harry and the staff of his center, I’ve been turned into a believer in civic engagement and public activism–we can make the world the way we want it to be. We just have to get out there and do it.
August 3rd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I was excited to hear about Harry Boyte’s talk at Hillcrest but dismayed to learn that the date conflicts with National Night Out. Certainly there will always be scheduling difficulties, but I had hoped that a community organizer and activist would have been more aware and respectful of this important event.
August 27th, 2008 at 10:26 am
SPNN is broadcasting the presentation on Channel 19. Check the listings for air times.