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Welcome
to the Civic Practices Network, a
Learning Collaborative for Civic Renewal
Civic Practices Network
(CPN) is a collaborative and nonpartisan project bringing together
a diverse array of organizations and perspectives within the civic
renewal movement. We share a commitment to bring practical methods
for public problem solving into every community and institutional
setting in America. We assume the responsibility of telling our
stories, so that all citizens may have the opportunity to learn
from what others are doing to renew their communities. And we
have a common faith that we can revitalize our democracy to tackle
the complex problems of the 21st century if we can broadly exchange
and continually refine the civic wisdom of what works and what
empowers citizens to work together.
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Updates
Civic Innovation in America: Community Empowerment, Public
Policy, and the Movement for Civic Renewal, by Carmen Sirianni
and Lewis Friedland (University of California Press 2001) provides
a broad overview of civic practices, models, policies, and organizations,
as well as an account of the emergence of the civic renewal movement
in the U.S. and how this movement might be further built in the
coming years. You can order this book online in paperback at $19.95
from the University
of California Press.
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