Media Room
Press Releases, Press Clips, Press Contacts, Rich Media
Press Contacts
- Bill Kopsky
- Executive Director
- Bill@ARPanel.org
- Phone: 501-376-7913 x 12
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Press Releases
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Jan 30, 2013
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State should not abandon hard won progress improving Arkansas children’s education in favor of unaccountable and expanded bureaucracy.A diverse group of parents, teachers, education leaders, business owners, civil rights leaders and child advocates touted an education reform agenda Wednesday that is backed by decades of research and based on the real needs of students and communities. Their plan builds on the progress Arkansas has made over the past ten years and stands in stark contrast to the education reform agenda of A+ Arkansas, the pro-privatization coalition funded by many of the state’s wealthiest individuals and out-of-state interest groups.
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Apr 19, 2010
- The Arkansas HIV Community Advocates (AHCA) have scheduled a press conference to be held on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at noon to announce the findings of the Arkansas State Healthcare Access Research Project (SHARP) Report. The press conference will be held at the State Capitol in the Rotunda immediately before AHCA makes their presentation to the Joint Public Health Committee of the Arkansas Legislature.
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Mar 21, 2010
- The Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Citizens First Congress join thousands in Arkansas and across the country today in mourning the loss of our founder and former executive director, Brownie Ledbetter.
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May 27, 2009
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Ranks Lawmakers on PerformanceThe Arkansas Citizens First Congress today released its 2009 Community Guide to the Arkansas Legislation Session detailing how Arkansas lawmakers voted on 41 pieces of legislation of special importance to the Congress and the state’s working families.
Press Clips
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Dec 01, 2009The Nonprofit Quarterly
- The Non-Profit Quarterly recently featured our work in an article on how non-profits are faring in today's economically challenging and tumultuous environment.. Their story spotlights some successes of our place-based organizing model, and also highlights the challenges that local groups face. Executive director Bill Kopsky talks about a prescient 1988 Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation study "Building Constituency" that pointed the way forward and is still relevant today.
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Oct 25, 2009
