LWVFC Community Forum on Civic Engagement

The League of Women Voters of Falls Church will host a forum, “Civic Creativity: Beyond Civic Engagement Finger-Wagging,” on Sunday April 19 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at the Falls Church Community Center.

The program will begin with a presentation by Pete Davis, co-founder of Our Common Place of Falls Church, followed by a discussion of ways in which civic engagement can be improved in response to the realities of contemporary life. Our Common Place is a community web platform that is designed to make it easier for Falls Church residents to share and connect with each other.

“American civic life is in crisis,” the program’s organizers note. “Our civic infrastructure—from civic education in schools to our organizational structures, from our way of talking about politics to our local government’s methods of engaging citizens—is due for an upgrade. This event is designed to move beyond complaining about the decline in civic life to laying the groundwork for its revitalization.”

For more information on the Falls Church League and its activities go to www.lwvfallschurch.org. For more information on Our Common Place of Falls Church, go to www.FallsChurch.OurCommonPlace.com.