Welcome to City Club of Central Oregon
Our mission is “to build a conscious and civic minded community through dialog, education and research that results in responsible civic engagement.”
NEWS & PAST FORUM FOLLOW UPS
Finalists for Second Annual Conversation of the Year Award
Bend, OR (April 9, 2019): At its February special forum, City Club of Central Oregon announced the three finalists for the second annual “Conversation of the Year” award.
Unlike most awards, which recognize […]
March forum Reflections: Balancing the Sexes. Man, We Can Do This!
Our March forum hosted speakers that took a personal look at how gender equity in the workplace in our region faces a bumpy but ultimately rewarding future. It is a path that has never been forged […]
Continue the Conversation: KIDS & CARE. Central Oregon’s Child Care Crisis
January’s forum discussed the ‘childcare desert’ that Central Oregon has become. The speakers, Kara Tachikawa (Inspire Learning Centers), Ryan Combellick (Hydro Flask), and Carolyn Eagan (City of […]
“Never doubt that a small group of concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed it’s the only thing that ever has.”
“Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.”
“A lot of problems would disappear if we talk to each other instead of about each other.”
“Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the life of our communities and developing the combination of knowledge, skills, values and motivation to make that difference. It means promoting the quality of life in a community, through both political and non-political processes.”
“Conversation is the most difficult thing in a democracy – and also the most important.”
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