Media Room
Press Releases, Press Clips, Press Contacts, Rich Media
Press Contacts
- Patty Barker
- Lobbyist and Policy Director
- Patty@CitizensFirst.org
- Phone: 501-376-7913 x 15
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- Bill Kopsky
- Executive Director
- Bill@ARPanel.org
- Phone: 501-376-7913 x 12
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Press Releases
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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.
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Apr 09, 2009
- State education proponents joined Governor Beebe today at the State Capitol for a bill signing ceremony that will turn five important education bills into state law. The bills tackle a variety of significant issues that all address the state’s leading education crisis – closing the achievement gap.
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
