Should Los Angeles County ditch the Civic Center?
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Goodyear resident earns Gabe Zimmerman Civic Leader Award | Features
The Center for the Arizona Future (CFA), a non-profit, bipartisan “organization” that unites Arizonas to build a stronger and brighter future for Arizona, recently named Goodyear resident Sherry Collins as the 2023 Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Awarded as the winner of Civic Leadership Award. The Gabe Zimmerman Public Service Award was presented at the Arizona […]
Arizona is the Best State for Civic Racial Equality – WalletHub Study
Posted by: Staff June 7, 2023 With black voter turnout declining in the 2022 midterm elections, with 64.1% of black Americans registering to vote compared to 70.9% of white Americans, WalletHub announced today: Best States for Racial Equality in Civic Engagementas well as expert commentary. Racial equality has become a prominent issue in recent years, […]
Arizona Center for Civic Leadership announces 2023 class of Flinn-Brown Fellows
Flynn Foundation Program Selects 28 Fellows Interested in Being Actively Participated in Civic Life The Flynn Foundation’s Arizona Civic Leadership Center selected 28 leaders from across the state as 15.th Fellow Flynn Brown Fellow. Each brings diverse career and political experience, policy interests and perspectives to Arizona’s most prestigious leadership program on state-level policy and […]
Civic Orchestra benefit concert celebrates Grand Canyon
In 1931, American composer Verde Grofe wrote The Grand Canyon Suite as a five-movement jazz-infused poem performed by a small orchestra of about 20 musicians. But when you’re talking about a subject the size of the Grand Canyon, which is 1 mile deep, 277 miles long and 18 miles wide, a small orchestra only scratches […]
Mel Hannah, civic leader in Flagstaff and Phoenix, dies at 84
Mel J. Hannah, who has held various civic leadership roles in Coconino and Maricopa counties for decades, passed away on January 8. He was 84 years old. Hannah was born in Winslow and dedicated her life to civic leadership across the state. In 1974, he became the first African-American elected to the Flagstaff City Council […]
