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                                                       August 2014

Hard Work and Affecting Change: A Springs Thing

 

By Anya Arndt

 

As many of you may know, I am leaving Citizens Project after 15 amazing and rewarding months on staff. At the end of this month, I will be embarking on a journey to spend a year (and maybe more) working in Beirut, Lebanon. It has long been a goal of mine to spend time living and working in the Middle East to expand my own knowledge appreciation of different cultures and ways of life in the world. I am excited for this adventure, but sad to leave my current position; but before I go, I'd like to share with you a little bit about my time here at CP.

 

When I first came to Citizens Project as an intern in the summer of 2012, I didn't know much about Colorado Springs, its political climate, or its population as a whole. All I knew about Colorado Springs was the narrative that had been fed to me about the city when I came here for college. As many of you probably know, that narrative isn't pretty, and it can be very hard to escape.

 

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Madison and Jefferson v. Scalia and Thomas on Church-State Separation

 

By Ken Burrows


The May 5
th Supreme Court decision in Town of Greece v. Galloway concluded that the practice by the Greece, NY, town board of opening its meetings with predominantly Christian prayer does not violate the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. This despite the fact the practice causes a certain religious imposition on those citizens attending the town board meetings who see themselves as excluded or at least marginalized by being subjected to official governmental prayer, sectarian in nature, that effectively endorses a faith they do not themselves subscribe to. 



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In This Issue
Hard Work and Affecting Change
Church-State Separation in the Supreme Court
Get Involved!
Articles of Interest
  
Religious Discrimination 101
August 8th, 2014
The Huffington Post
 
New Report Dismantles the Supreme Court's Argument Against the Voting Rights Act
August 7th, 2014
Think Progress

El Paso County Elections Among the Most Efficient in Colorado
July 28th, 2014
The Gazette
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