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Orange County Civic Congress Meeting to Focus on West Fullerton — Stories of Hope and Civic Renewal
Course discussed the role of civic engagement in local communities and decided to focus on West Fullerton.

June 30, 2005 :: No. 244

“West Fullerton — Stories of Hope and Civic Renewal” will be the focus of an Orange County Civic Congress meeting scheduled for Tuesday, July 19. The program will be presented at the Orangethorpe United Methodist Church in Fullerton from 5-7:30 p.m. and is open to the public.

This meeting is the culminating event of Cal State Fullerton’s spring course “Communication in Community Building and Civic Engagement.” During the class, students discussed the role of civic engagement in local communities and decided to focus on West Fullerton. They interviewed residents to discover some of the obstacles to civic engagement, the struggles that immigrant families face and what kinds of improvements could be beneficial to families and neighborhoods. The interviews were videotaped, and segments from them included in a video that will be screened at the program.

The class worked in cooperation with the CSUF Center for Community Dialogue, West Fullerton Improvement Committee and the League of Women Voters.

A special guest at the event will be Lewis Friedland, author of “Civic Innovation in America,” the textbook used in the class. Friedland is a professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

In addition, awards will be presented to those who best represent hope and civic renewal in the community.


Media Contacts: Robert Emry, Human Communications Studies,
at 657-278-3851 or remry@fullerton.edu
Owen Holmes, Public Affairs and Government Relations, at 657-278-5403 or oholmes@fullerton.edu
Valerie Orleans, Public Affairs at 657-278-4540 or vorleans@fullerton.edu


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