Jefferson Educational Society Announces
An Initiative of the Jefferson Alliance for Community Progress:
Erie County Civic Leadership Program
February 26 at 10 a.m. – The Jefferson Educational Society, Erie, Pa.’s non-partisan think tank founded to promote civic enlightenment and community progress for the Erie Region, will unveil the first initiative of the Jefferson Alliance for Community Progress at a press conference at 10 a.m. THURSDAY, FEB. 26.
Funded in part by the Erie County Gaming Revenue Authority’s $100,000 Municipal Collaboration Grant received Thursday, Feb. 12, the JACP serves as the leadership-in-action arm of the Jefferson Educational Society with a mission of undertaking the 2015 JES initiatives and is a program intended to foster municipal collaboration and civic progress throughout Erie County.
Under the direction of Dr. Judy Lynch and Michael Fuhrman, the JACP – a three-part initiative – will begin with the Erie County Civic Leadership program (ECCL), a project-driven training initiative with a seven-month curriculum aimed at developing civic-oriented leaders throughout Erie County.
“The time is ripe for a formative program that builds upon all that has gone before,” says Michael Fuhrman, associate director of the JACP. “We are fortunate to have productive leaders who have made a difference. We now need to create a new group of dedicated leaders who will provide the energy and direction for the next twenty years.”
According JACP Director Judy Lunch, “ECCL participants will learn firsthand what is happening in core sectors of Erie County, discover how these sectors are interrelated, examine how to be an agent of change in the community, benefit from being part of a diverse motivated peer group, connect with local leaders of the County, and undertake action to accomplish a civic project.”
More information about the ECCL, which will begin late April, will be presented to the public Thursday, Feb. 26 at 10 a.m. The media is encouraged to attend; spokespersons for the ECCL will be available for interviews after the announcement.
For more information and details on current programming, please call the Jefferson Educational Society at 814.459.8000 or visit www.JESErie.org.
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Contact:
Judy Lynch, Director of the Jefferson Alliance for Community Progress
814.459.8000
Lynch@JESerie.org
Michael Fuhrman, Associate Director of the Jefferson Alliance for Community Progress
814.459.8000
Fuhrman@JESerie.org
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The Jefferson Educational Society of Erie is a nonprofit institution founded to promote civic enlightenment and community progress for the Erie Region through study, research and discussion. The Society offers courses, seminars and lectures which explain the central ideas which have formed the past, assist in exploring the present, and offer guidance to enhance the civic future of the Erie Region. As an Erie think tank, the Jefferson Educational Society promotes academic knowledge and civic pride through institutional and familial research, the publication of policy papers on public issues and the sponsorship of civic forums.
