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Arizona Center for Civic Leadership 2020 Annual OUR ABOUT THE CENTER MISSION The nonpartisan Arizona Center for Civic Leadership at the Flinn Foundation To strengthen civic enhances civic life in Arizona through civic leadership throughout education, leadership, and engagement Arizona, especially at the programs. The Arizona Civic Exchange— state level. CivEx—creates opportunities for the public to become better informed and educated on Flinn-Brown Network & political and policy topics impacting their Fellowship communities. The prestigious Flinn-Brown Increase number and capacity of Fellowship fosters civic leaders in Arizona potential state-level leaders. by building knowledge, skills, and a robust network to find solutions for Arizona’s long- Civic Education & term issues. The Center promotes civic Communications engagement through the Civic Leadership Increase awareness of civic leadership opportunities, public Collaborative by convening Arizona’s policy knowledge and the leadership-development organizations to importance of direct engagement. advance the goal of building strong leaders in every community in the state. Civic Leadership Collaborative Increase impact of local/regional groups and local/state connections. Dawn Wallace Sara Larsen Danielle Underwood Vice President, Program Manager, Program Coordinator, AzCCL AzCCL AzCCL [email protected] 2016 Fellow [email protected] [email protected] Page(s) January 1 - 2 February 3 March 4 April 5 May 6 June 8 July 9 - 10 August 11 September 13 - 14 October 15 - 16 November 17 December 19 - 20 Fellow 7, 12, 18 Achievements JANUARY New Year, New Beginnings On January 29, 2020 we honored Nancy Welch that serves for many as an introduction to Flinn- and her nine years of service to the Flinn Brown, and the annual All-Fellows Convention Foundation. Welch, who retired at the end of that brings together each cohort along with 2019, joined the Flinn family in 2010 as the prominent local and national speakers. inaugural Director of the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership. The celebration, which was held at FABRIC in downtown Tempe, was attended by Flinn-Brown Fellows, colleagues, and friends. It also included a proclamation from Gov. Doug Ducey, presented by Flinn-Brown Fellows who serve in the Governor’s Office, to honor Nancy for her work to better Arizona. As the program director, Welch developed the “As Arizonans, we all Flinn-Brown seminars that have attracted more owe Nancy our gratitude than 380 Flinn-Brown Fellows. Welch formed for her years dedicating relationships with the Fellows, which included elected officials, policy advisors, and state herself to the betterment agency executives, and provided opportunities to of our state." strengthen connections among Fellows with the Tammy McLeod, Ph.D, President & CEO, Flinn Foundation creation of the Flinn-Brown Network. Welch also devised the Arizona Civic Exchange, or CivEx, a four-week program about statewide policy issues 1 CivEx Sessions In January, members of the public were invited to attend the Arizona Civic Exchange (CivEx) series. CivEx sessions are designed to help Arizonans deepen their commitment to public service, grapple with complex problems, and explore different viewpoints. Some CivEx participants are preparing to run for office or work in government. Some seek to help their organizations make a greater difference in the community. Others want to deepen their personal civic engagement and leadership outside of their day jobs. All CivEx sessions are built to emphasize discussion with presenters and among participants. CivEx: Fascinating AZ: CivEx: $1.1 Billion and Our State’s People and Counting: Exploration of Public Dollars Criminal Justice Systems January 23, 2020 January 30, 2020 Flinn-Brown Fellows Fletcher Montzingo Flinn-Brown Fellows Sarah Douthit (2013), (2017) and Alec Thomson (2019) opened Amy Love (2019) and Josue Macias (2019) our CivEx series with presentations designed lead our second CivEx session about to create a framework for understanding Arizona's criminal justice system. The policy topics discussed in future CivEx session topics focused on the role of the sessions. Presentations focused on the courts, the functions of adult probation, basics of the Arizona state budget and and a unique interactive look at Maricopa budgeting process and Arizona County's criminal justice system mapped demographics. with a Strategic Instruction Model (SIM). Total Attendees: 60 Total Attendees: 50 Fletcher Montzingo Alec Thomson Sarah Douthit Amy Love Josue Macias Senior Fiscal Executive Director, Chief Probation Officer, Director of Continuous Improvement JANUARY Policy Advisor, Arizona Complete Coconino County Communications, Manager, Arizona Senate Count Committee Adult Probation Maricopa County Office of the County Manager, Superior Court Maricopa County 2 FEBRUARY CivEx: What We Know and How We Learn: Arizona's P-20 Education Systems February 6, 2020 Next, Flinn-Brown Fellow Christine Thompson (2017) of Expect More Arizona, and Fellows Christine Thompson President & CEO, Rachel Yanof (2018) and Breanne Bushu (2016) Expect More Arizona of Achieve60AZ helped participants understand Arizona's vast P-20 education system. Thompson presented the Arizona Roadmap for P-20 Education Funding and the Arizona Education Progress Meter. Following an overview presentation on Rachel Yanof Arizona's attainment goals, the Executive Director, Achieve60AZ Achieve60AZ team lead participants through a roundtable discussion designed to provide feedback on messaging for helping Arizona meet post-secondary attainment goals. Breanne Bushu Policy Director, Achieve60AZ Total Attendees: 55 CivEx: Greater Arizona’s Terry Benelli People and Places Executive Director, LISC Phoenix February 13, 2020 Over 351,000 people call 13 counties outside of Pima and Maricopa home. Flinn- Brown Fellows Terry Benelli (2011) and Mila Besich (2019) provided insight and on Mila Besich economic development, revitalization, and Mayor, Town of Superior what community development means to Greater Arizona. Total Attendees: 45 3 DAWN OF A NEW DAY March 2020 marked the month that Dawn Wallace joined the Arizona Center for Civic Leadership as the new Vice President of Civic Leadership. Over the last two decades, Dawn has been privileged to serve in a variety of roles in state government and has witnessed first-hand through her work with elected officials, policy and political staff, and community influencers, the impact of effective leadership on public policy and good government practices that ultimately benefits the quality of life of all Arizona residents. RECRUITMENT TIME! March was focused on recruitment for the 2020 Flinn-Brown Fellowship. We developed new outreach strategies for use during the application period and ramped up our conversations with prospective candidates. Although we moved to working remotely, we determined to move forward with the 2020 application cycle. We adjusted our outreach planning to meet the new virtual environment. OUTREACH STRATEGY A new web page for prospective Fellows with at-a-glance information and a link to our application portal Social media through the entire Flinn Foundation network MARCH Pre-recorded information session webinars and live information sessions Videos testimonials from our current Flinn- Brown Fellows Frequently Asked Questions. 4 RECORD YEAR IN APPLICATIONS! After closing applications on April 27, 2020, we had a tremendous response of 129 completed applications! There is no doubt the unprecedented demand for the Fellowship was due primarily to the support of so many extraordinary Fellows in the Network, especially through promotion of the program with videos and other social media as well as the continued recruitment from their personal networks. In fact, over 75% of our applicants reported that they heard about the program through a Flinn-Brown Fellow. APRIL 129129 75%75% COMPLETED FLINN -BROWN FELLOW APPLICATIONS REFERRALS 96 MARICOPA COUNTY 40% MINORITY 20 PIMA COUNTY APPLICANTS 13 GREATER AZ 40% GOVERNMENT 52% WOMEN 23% BUSINESS 48% MEN 19% EDUCATION 14% NONPROFIT 4% OTHER 5 P i c t u r e d (s t a r t t o p l e f t) : M o l l y E d w a r d s ( 2 0 1 1 ) , M a r k S a n d e r s ( 2 0 1 8 ) , R o s a l v a Z i m m e r m a n ( 2 0 1 8 ) , A m y L o v e ( 2 0 1 9 ) , A l e c T h o m s o n ( 2 0 1 9 ) , B r a n d y W e l l s F l o r e s ( 2 0 1 3 ) , C y n t h i a S e e l h a m m e r ( 2 0 1 6 ) , M i g n o n n e H o l l i s ( 2 0 1 3 ) , J u l i e K a t s e l ( 2 0 1 4 ) , B l a i s e C a u d i l l ( 2 0 1 4 ) , R i c k y H e r n a n d e z ( 2 0 1 8 ) , C h r i s M a t h i s ( 2 0 1 1 ) , F l e t c h e r M o n t z i n g o ( 2 0 1 7 ) , B r e a n n e B u s h u ( 2 0 1 6 ) , P a u l B r i e r l e y ( 2 0 1 1 ) , T r i s t a G u z m a n G l o v e r ( 2 0 1 9 ) , M i l a B e s i c h ( 2 0 1 9 ) , S a r a h D o u t h i t ( 2 0 1 3 ) , G a i l K n i g h t ( 2 0 1 6 ) , C h r i s S t o l l e r ( 2 0 1 5 ) , Z a c h B r o o k s ( 2 0 1 7 ) , a n d K a t e M o r l e y ( 2 0 1 8 ) .
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