Civic Participation and Community Action Sourcebook

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

We thank the following contributors, who made this project possible:

The authors, and the groups they worked with, for inspiring us with their accounts of community commitment, civic responsibility, and social action.

Our official and unofficial advisors, who reminded us of our priorities: Margaret Anderson, Steve Bender, Janet Kaplan Bucciarelli, Debbie Johnson, Janet Isserlis, Wendy Quiñones, Lorna Rivera, and Cara Streck.

The reviewers of our working draft, who gave us direct and insightful feedback:

New Hampshire: Anne Burnett, Art Ellison, Debbie Liskow, Connie Mirski, Pat Nelson, and Denise Reddington

Vermont: Rick Boyle, Stefani Crouse, Cindy Holden, Stephanie Menard, Edward Pirie, Chuck Poston, Lynn Root, Wendy Ross, and Nancy Sherman

Rhode Island: Terri Coustan, Denise DiMarzio, Nancy Fritz, Sally Gabb, and Elizabeth Meaney

The Northeast SABES Citizenship Work Group

The NELRC Political and Economic Literacy Work Group

The colleagues who turned an unruly list of ideas into a coherent and accessible resource:

Parker Holmes for proofreading and copy-editing;

Marie Horchler for design, layout, and production;

Silja Kallenbach for support and review of all phases of the project; and

Joann Wheeler for illustrations.

And special thanks to the Therese and Lincoln Filene Foundation for their generous support to develop, produce, and disseminate this work.

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