News and Updates

March 2021 Network News

March 25, 2021

Thoughts from Dawn Wallace In 2011, the original vision of the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership imagined that building leadership capacity in Arizona should be paired equally with robust civic learning and community outreach to build a groundswell of support…


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Flinn-Brown Fellow Alberto Olivas leads ASU’s Pastor Center for Politics & Public Service

February 17, 2021

Alberto Olivas Executive Director Congressman Ed Pastor Center for Politics & Public Service Arizona State University Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook 1. Can you please describe your work and how public policy impacts how you manage…


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February 2021 Network News

February 17, 2021

Thoughts from Dawn Wallace While most of 2020 was epic in its challenges, the holiday season glimmered to me like an elixir for the darkness of our collective mood. The simplicity felt restorative in a year filled with chaos. For…


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A partnership to strengthen civic life

February 11, 2021

The Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation and the Center for the Future of Arizona (CFA) drive work across the state to strengthen civic education, build civic leaders, and increase our capacity to solve problems and create…


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Arizona executives named to lead statewide bioscience committee

January 26, 2021

A medical-technology executive and a former state legislator have been named the new leaders of Arizona’s statewide committee overseeing the advancement of the state’s bioscience ecosystem. Eve Ross, a retired W.L. Gore & Associates executive, is serving as chair and…


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ASU’s student-run Luminosity Lab and its Flinn Scholars featured in CivEx webinar

December 11, 2020

Flinn Scholars are playing lead roles in the Luminosity Lab at Arizona State University by designing, building, and deploying novel solutions to address some of the world’s most pressing challenges. Four of the lab’s Scholars—Nikhil Dave, Katie Pascavis, John Patterson,…


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December 2020 Network News

December 09, 2020

Thoughts from Dawn Wallace “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,…


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