6. There are five key roles that civic leaders often play in their community:
- Mentor: teaching and engaging the young
- Mediator: helping to resolve community conflict
- Monitor: that is, serving as a public watchdog
- Mobilizer: that is, working to bring about social change
- Motivator: urging people toward public good and away from self-interest
As you think about your own civic involvement in our community, which
of these roles have you played and which do you consider to be your
strongest?
All of these roles speak to me to some degree, but I’m mostly a motivator and a mobilizer. I just can’t help myself from motivating and mobilizing.
The 211 and Community Assessment projects required bringing people together who are incredibly busy. I think my sales experience early in my career really helped me motivate key people to participate because I was able to show them what the benefit would be. This enriched and broadened my perspective on the projects because I needed to look at them from a lot of different perspectives (ex: business, County Mental Health, etc.) and speak to them all. I really enjoy connecting people across sectors.
7. This project has to do with the involvement of sage leaders like yourself in civic organizations that seek to improve the quality of life and well-being of Grass Valley and Nevada City. This includes nine types of civic
organizations.
- Fraternal and service clubs
- Social services organizations
- Educational organizations
- Governmental and political organizations
- Arts organizations
- Media organizations
- Faith-based organizations
- Environmental organizations
- Other nonprofit organizations
In which of the nine types of civic organizations on the list are you currently involved? Overall, how many total hours a month do you give to these organizations?
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