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  • Press Release
    May 11, 2005

    Project Citizen Hosts Chinese Delegation

    For Immediate Release

    CONTACT: Teresa Weidemann-Smith
    State Bar of Wisconsin
    (800) 444-9404, ext. 6025
    twsmith@wisbar.org

    Project Citizen Hosts Chinese Delegation

    State of Wisconsin chosen as host out of 50 states

    MADISON, May 11, 2005 – The State Bar of Wisconsin will serve as host to 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 Boulevard in Madison. Fifteen statewide middle school portfolios will be judged to determine the state winner to represent Wisconsin in the Project Citizen National Showcase competition August 16-20 in Seattle, Washington. All 50 states offer the Project Citizen program, funded though the Center for Civic Education (CCE).

    "We are honored to be chosen 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 Wisconsin law 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 Wisconsin lawyers in carrying out community service initiatives to educate the public about the legal system and the value of lawyers.



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