Recognizing Leaders in Rural Communities
Date: July 23, 2015
Author: info@ruralontarioinstitue.ca
ROI would like to share Samara Canada’s Everyday Political Citizen project – an opportunity to nominate politically-engaged role models and leaders in your community for national recognition. We encourage you to share your compelling stories from across rural Ontario.
Conducted coast to coast to coast, the EPCitizen project aims to recognize the diversity of politics and democracy in Canada, crowd-sourcing hundreds of nominations for political citizens and celebrating some of the many thousands of ordinary people engaging engaging within and outside of mainstream politics, in big and small ways. Each year, adult and youth winners and finalists are chosen by a jury of prominent Canadians like Rick Mercer.
Samara’s “Everyday Political Citizen” is defined as an ordinary person who makes a difference in their political community in big or small ways. Some examples of Everyday Political Citizens include: an inspiring teacher, political volunteer, or community advocate.
About Samara:
Samara Canada, registered as a charity in 2009, is an organization dedicated to reconnecting citizens to politics. Samara Canada has quickly become a trusted, non-partisan champion of increased civic engagement and a more positive public life.
Rural Ontario Institute:
ROI is pleased to have Samara Canada’s support in an advisory capacity for our current Rural Community Vitality Initiative. For more information on this project, contact Mark Cassidy, Project Manager mcassidy@ruralontarioinstitute.ca.
Stay tuned, as ROI will be collecting its own list of stories showcasing youth engagement across rural Ontario, in the coming months.
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