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How: Utilizing the $1,500 Bremer grant and pursuant to its <br />provisions, the Committee will develop and recommend a flexible <br />framework for Roseville civic engagement and community <br />participation. The very nature of its goal-civic engagement-requires <br />that the process include a wide range of citizen volunteers and <br />residents current engaged in Roseville civic affairs. The Committee is <br />thus exploring various ways to widen participation in our Roseville civic <br />engagement planning process. We have discussed seeking increased <br />participation by: <br />• Members of our own Commission. The RHRC has a track record of <br />planning and implementing effective projects/events. <br />• Members of other Roseville advisory commissions whose expertise <br />and experience may be leveraged to our advantage. <br />• Members of Roseville civic organizations including those that have <br />partnered with RHRC in the past, such the local chapter of the <br />League of Women Voters. <br />• Other groups and individuals in our community who respond to our <br />outreach efforts. <br />Our planning process will include periodic updates to the Council and <br />City staff. <br />What is Civic Engagement: In applying to the Minnesota <br />Department of Human Rights for this grant, that Minnesota agency <br />defined Civic Engagement as follows: <br />Civic engagement refers to individual and collective actions <br />designed to identify and address issues of public concern. Civic <br />engagement can take many forms, from individual voluntarism <br />to organizational involvement. It can include efforts to directly <br />address an issue, work with others in a community to solve a <br />problem or interact with the institutions of democracy <br />This is the Committee's current working definition. <br />Committee members Gary Grefenberg and Marie Oftelie, <br />Roseville Human Rights Commission <br />Program Planners Committee Report 07-19-2010 <br />