Engaging Citizens in Civic Affairs
31 August 2005
Community Forum Planned
The Civic Education Society invites you to attend a Community Forum on Civic Engagement, Community Leadership and Innovative Programming. The goal of this forum is to bring together citizens and community leaders to discuss civic engagement and identify strategies to engage more residents of the City of Richmond in civic affairs:
Speakers will include:
- Michael Yue (President) Civic Education Society
- David Weber (Director) City Clerk’s Office and Chief Election Officer for the City of Richmond
- John Rose (Department of Geography) Kwantlen University College
Discussion topics will include:
- Defining and measuring civic engagement and participation
- Roles and responsibilities of City government community organizations and leaders in encouraging and facilitating civic engagement
- Development of new community leaders and movers of civic engagement and issues of programming, resources and partnership
The forum will be held on:
Date: September 15, 2005
Time: 7:00– 9:00 p.m.
Place: M.2.004
Richmond City Hall
6911 No. 3 Road
Richmond
This event is free of charge, but seating is limited. To register for this forum, RSVP by September 8, 2005 to:
Lesley Sherlock
Social Planner
City of Richmond
6911 No. 3 Road
Richmond, BC V6Y 2C1
phone: 604-276-4220
fax: 604-276-4052
e-mail lesley.sherlock@richmond.ca
This event is organized by the Civic Education Society with support from the Richmond Intercultural Advisory Committee.
