By Kristy Milligan

A few weeks ago, I shared lunch with a close friend, who also happens to be a Citizens Project donor, volunteer, committee member, and former board member.

When it was my turn to give a work update, I droned on for several minutes on about our organizational priorities and calendar for the next few months. My friend paused, considered and asked the most simple, profound question. 

"What does all that actually mean?"

Most cultures, ranging from ethnic to geographic to professional specialty, adopt a particular vernacular to describe the world around them. That specialized vernacular appears in the form of acronyms, jargon, and hollow, reverberating axioms that are utterly devoid of meaning outside of the shared cultural understanding.

We at Citizens Project are guilty.

Citizens Project is working hard to create a community that you want to live in in 2014 and beyond. 

We are currently in the process of developing our three-year strategic plan that will help to set the organizational direction and priorities to better serve our mission, and we need to hear from you!

Have input? Like what we're doing? Want to see something different? Your perspective as a stakeholder is essential to the planning process. Your feedback will be anonymous and will better inform Citizens Project's strategic plan. 

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