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Among Us: Citizen Leaders

Citizen Leaders: Grade School Boys Band Together to Stop Bullying

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Peter Alduino in Action Reveals Values, Among Us: Citizen Leaders, Citizen Leadership, Community, Courage

Congratulations to these young grade school boys who banded together to show their support for a first grader who was subjected to bullying and teasing from other pupils. These youngsters rock! In the words of American anthropologist Margaret Meade: Never doubt that the actions of a small group of committed citizens can change the world. […]

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Citizen Leaders’ Success: You Can Play Project and the NHL Team Up to Eradicate Homophobia on the Ice

Posted on April 12, 2013 by Peter Alduino in Action Reveals Values, Among Us: Citizen Leaders, Citizen Leadership

Citizen Leaders are the men, women, young adults and teens who take stock of the kind of world they want to help shape for the people they care about and act to make it so. —Peter Alduino, Author, The Citizen Leader In a blog post 9 months ago, I applauded Patrick Burke, Brian Kitts and […]

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Citizen Leader: Co-Founders of You Can Play Project

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Peter Alduino in Among Us: Citizen Leaders

Patrick Burke , Brian Kitts , Glenn Witman think athletes should be judged by talent, heart and work ethic, and not sexual orientation. Together, they have founded the You Can Play Project which works to guarantee that athletes are given a fair opportunity to compete, and are judged by other athletes and fans alike by what […]

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Citizen Leader: Zach Wahls, Co-Founder of Scouts for Equality

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Peter Alduino in Among Us: Citizen Leaders

Eagle Scout Zach Wahls challenged the Boy Scouts of America’s anti-gay policy in May 2012 when he delivered three boxes of petitions demanding change, signed by more than 275,000 people. Inspired by the story of Jennifer Tyrrell, a den mother forced to resign from her seven-year-old son’s Cub Scout pack because of her sexual orientation, and the groundswell […]

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In an Act of Citizen Leadership…

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Peter Alduino in Acts of Citizen Leadership, Among Us: Citizen Leaders

…10 year-old Milo Cress started BeStrawFree, a website that encourages restaurants to cut plastic waste by not automatically offering plastic straws to customers. “I’m not out to ban plastic straws,” he said. “Just cut back on them. Way back, if possible.” Full story >>

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In an Act of Citizen Leadership…

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Peter Alduino in Acts of Citizen Leadership, Among Us: Citizen Leaders

…Abby Goldberg, of Grayslake, Ill collects 155,000 signatures to petition Gov. Pat Quinn not sign legislation (SB 3442) that would make it illegal for her town — or any other one statewide — to ban the use of plastic bags. Abby is 12 years old. She explained to the Chicago Sun-Times. “You can make a […]

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In an Act of Citizen Leadership…

Posted on July 9, 2012 by Peter Alduino in Acts of Citizen Leadership, Among Us: Citizen Leaders

…Ryan Slezia, a former student at Texas A&M, mobilized over 650 current students to block a planned protest of a soldier’s funeral by the mean-spirited members of the Westboro Baptist Church. Full story >>

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In An Act of Citizen Leadership…

Posted on December 10, 2011 by Peter Alduino in Acts of Citizen Leadership, Among Us: Citizen Leaders, Character, Conviction, Courage

…Zach Whals, a 19-year-old University of Iowa student, addressed the Iowa Legislature about the strength of his family headed by his two moms. Mr. Whals spoke with conviction before the House of Representatives in an effort to dissuade and even admonish its members intent on amending that state’s constitutional and repealing the existing right of Iowa same-sex […]

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Citizen Leaders: Surfrider Foundation’s Local Chapter Leaders and Volunteers

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Peter Alduino in Among Us: Citizen Leaders

Surfrider Foundation in their own words: Our mission is the protection and enjoyment of oceans, waves and beaches through a powerful activist network. You can think about that as three concepts: “Protection and enjoyment”, we don’t want to put a velvet rope around a beach and tell people to keep off. We’re surfers, we’re beach […]

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Citizen Leaders: The Founding Members and Staff of Plastics Pollution Coalition

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Peter Alduino in Among Us: Citizen Leaders, Contribution

Plastic Pollution Coalition is a global collaboration and effort of individuals, businesses and organizations inspired by and working together towards a vision of a world free of plastic pollution and its toxic impacts on people, animals and the environment. The Coalition was developed and is currently championed by this handful of founders and staff whose […]

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