For Immediate Release
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CONTACT: Teresa Weidemann-Smith
State Bar of Wisconsin
(800) 444-9404, ext. 6025
twsmith@wisbar.org |
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Project Citizen to host Chinese Delegation
Wisconsin's program chosen as host out of 50
states
MADISON, May 11, 2005 - The State Bar of Wisconsin
will host a 9-member Chinese Delegation for the 2005 "We the
People ... Project Citizen" State Portfolio Showcase
Competition at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 13 at the State Bar, 5302 Eastpark
Boulevardin Madison. Fifteen statewide middle school portfolios
will be judged to determine the state winner to represent Wisconsin in
the Project Citizen National Showcase competition in August in Seattle,
Washington. All 50 states offer the Project Citizen program and
are funded though the Center for Civic Education (CCE).
"We are honored that the Center for Civic Education chose Wisconsin
as the host for the Chinese delegation because of the quality of our
Project Citizen program," said Charles "Chuttie" Senn, State
Bar of Wisconsin Law-related Education Committee Chair.
"This is quite an honor for our state's program and a great
opportunity to highlight the educational benefits of Project Citizen and
the State Bar's involvement."
Schools (by city) participating in the portfolio showcase and their
portfolio projects include:
Adams: Adams-Friendship Middle School - Vandalism: Illusive Costly
Crime
De Forest: De Forest Middle School - Changing School Computer Policy
Grantsburg: Grantsburg Middle School - Let's Stop Party Spots
Greendale: Greendale Middle School - Drug Prevention Files
Greenfield: Whitnall Middle School - Struggling Students
Markesan: Markesan Middle School - Markesan Community Events Committee
Makes Room for Youth
Milwaukee: Blessed Sacrament School - Stop Bullying Before It Starts
Milwaukee: Salam School - We Want to Breathe
Muskego: Muskego Girl Scouts, Troop 429 - Kids Just Want to Have Fun
Neenah: Shattuck Middle School - Healthier School Food Choices
Wauwatosa: St. Jude the Apostle - The Circus is No Place for Abuse
West Allis: Heritage Christian Middle School - Obesity and Fast Food
We the People...Project Citizen, a curricular program for middle
school students, promotes competent and responsible participation in
local and state government by helping students to learn how to monitor
and influence public policy. In the process, they develop support
for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of
political efficacy. The "We the People...Project
Citizen" showcase will conclude with oral hearing presentations by
the students at the State Capitol on Saturday, May 14 beginning at 8:30
a.m.
For more information, contact Dee Runaas, State Bar of Wisconsin
Law-related Education Coordinator at drunaas@wisbar.org or visit www.legalexplorer.com.
The State Bar of Wisconsin is the mandatory professional association,
created by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, for attorneys who hold a
Wisconsinlaw license. With nearly 22,000 members, the State Bar aids the
courts in improving the administration of justice, provides continuing
legal education for its members to help them maintain their expertise,
and assists Wisconsinlawyers in carrying out community service
initiatives to educate the public about the legal system and the value
of lawyers.
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