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| University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesWelcome Minnesotans!
As you've seen, the Roosevelt Institution is an incredible outlet for our passions and ideas. We've started a new chapter, here at the University of Minnesota, and we want you to join. We're currently seeking motivated, passionate students with an interest in leadership. This is a great opportunity and an excellent resume-builder. Look around the National website and check out all that Roosevelt Institution has to offer. As Minnesotans, we can make a strong, viable, vocal leader of a chapter if we put our minds to it. Tell your friends and check out the new facebook group, Roosevelt Institution MN. Spring 2008 What is a Think Tank??? 1. A Think Tank is an organization "which seeks to assist in the strategic coordination of government policies, establish relative priorities, offer new policy choices, and ensure that the implications of policy options are fully considered." 2. "Think Tanks are policy-oriented research organizations that provide expertise to government. By the year 2000 there were an estimated 1,200 nongovernment think tanks of various descriptions..." 3. "A think tank (also called a "policy institute") is an organization, institute, corporation, or group that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, science or technology issues, industrial or business policies, or military advice." What are our Issues??? The Roosevelt Institution works to provide resources and audiences for what you care about. We have three National Policy Challenges currently, and as of Fall 2007 we're working on: 1. Promote Responsible Community Development: Strong communities are central to the progressive vision of America. An individual can only develop through the diverse contributions of a whole community, including healthy physical, human, and economic landscapes; and without the opportunity to participate in and contribute back to the community the individual cannot be truly fulfilled. 2. Making Democracy Work: Underpinning all other progressive policy in America -- and the core of our statement of principles -- is the idea that citizens can and should reshape their government for the better. Unfortunately, many barriers today stand in the way of political participation, turning people away and shutting them out of the political process. Confronting this challenge will allow us to make better progress on every other policy issue we set for ourselves. 3. Strong Communities Through Equal Justice: Crime is a destructive force in our communities. It undermines trust, steals children from schools, and all but precludes economic progress. In theory, a functioning Justice system will work to reverse these realities. As prison spending spirals to the point of necessitating tax increases or squeezing out education entirely, and drugs become a rural as well as an urban issue, there is a potential new consensus about making the justice system work better for Americans. We will be a part of building and defining that consensus. Because so many of the decisions here are made at the community and state level -- prisons versus schools, treatment versus punishment, tougher sentencing versus fairer sentencing -- we are in an ideal position to make an impact.
Meetings TBA--leadership from Fall 2007 should contact Amanda If you have any questions or comments about our chapter, email me at amanda.hillman@gmail.com. Get excited, Roos MN Executive Board Meetings: Group members: |
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