Celebrating Citizen Engagement: How Do Community Festivals and the Arts Engage Citizens and Create Social Change?

The Heart of a Citizen series explores the diverse and provocative ways ordinary citizens become extraordinary participants in democratic life. The Heart of a Citizen will feature some of our most creative and dynamic Metro Vancouver citizens who are having a positive impact locally, nationally and globally through creating and managing innovative programs and citizen movements. Their ransformative stories of engagement invite comment and discussion for the diverse group attending each event.

Each dialogue will focus on a specific theme of interest to citizens and invites dialogue on pro-active ways we can be involved in shaping civic life. This series of public dialogues will explore a range of possibilities and impacts of civic engagement in an age that has been primarily dominated by bureaucracy, experts and specialists.

To find out more about the series and listen to Paul Loeb's podcast go to:
http://www.sfu.ca/dialogue/study+practice/workshop.html