Legislative Session 101 - Dec 16th
Dec
16
6:00 PM18:00

Legislative Session 101 - Dec 16th

The 2025 legislative session is about to begin and we’re expecting our rights and values to come under attack. Join the Citizens First Congress for a training on what you can expect from the legislature, tips on advocating for your community, and how to testify in front of a committee.

Register here for the training: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYod-GvqjIsGtye3KMsdRu0U_s7SGIofY_h

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Legislative Session 101 - Dec 11th
Dec
11
12:00 PM12:00

Legislative Session 101 - Dec 11th

The 2025 legislative session is about to begin and we’re expecting our rights and values to come under attack. Join the Citizens First Congress for a training on what you can expect from the legislature, tips on advocating for your community, and how to testify in front of a committee.

Register here for the training: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwufu2qrDsrH9bQjYAVj4c0nT0boTHnDCAa

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2024 Holiday Party
Dec
7
5:00 PM17:00

2024 Holiday Party

It’s time to party! Join the Arkansas Public Policy Panel and the Citizens First Congress for our Annual Holiday Party. You WONT want to miss this event!

Purchase your tickets here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_holiday_party

Join us this December 7th at Mosiac Templars in Little Rock! Attire will be Holiday Casual. We will have a host bar that will serve beer, wine, and mixed rinks. Food will be catered by Bread-N-Butta Brucn Catering Services and there will be live music by the Funkanites!

We are asking attendees to pay what they can for a ticket. We have three payment options based on your ability to pay, $35, $50, and $75. Please check your email after you purchase your ticket, your receipt will be your ticket to enter!

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Winter Quarterly
Jan
27
10:00 AM10:00

Winter Quarterly

Register for our winter Quarterly Meeting! Join us on Zoom as we catch up on caucus news and as well as updates on our extincting ballot initiative, issue resolutions, and our upcoming convention this summer! Agenda coming soon!

What: CFC Fall Quarterly Meeting

When: 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday, January 27th!

Where: Zoom

Register now: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting_jan_2024?utm_campaign=654quarterly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=arpanel

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2022 CFC Convention
Jun
24
to Jun 26

2022 CFC Convention

  • 1308 West Second Street (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

CFC MEMBERS: Save the date now for our 2022 CFC Convention! Event location (online, in person, or hybrid) TBA. While we hope to meet in person, we will continue to monitor and assess the risks in Arkansas and across the U.S. Look for an RSVP link to go live soon!

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2020 CFC Convention
Oct
2
to Oct 3

2020 CFC Convention

For the safety and wellbeing of our member groups, we'll be hosting the 2020 CFC Convention Oct. 2-3 online via Zoom.

The convention is your chance to determine the CFC’s priorities for 2020-21 and our platform for the upcoming legislative session.

At the convention, delegates will vote to renew existing priorities or to replace them, discuss how all the issues are connected, and determine how they can make a larger, more holistic impact by electing priorities and supporting each other’s campaigns.

We hope you’ll save the date and join us in our fight for policy reforms that will improve our state.

Be on the lookout for registration information and more, coming soon!

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Technology Training: Learning All Things Zoom
May
2
10:00 AM10:00

Technology Training: Learning All Things Zoom

Join us online for a virtual training session on Zoom video conferencing! Learn the tips and information you need to help you stay connected and be productive while working remotely.

Download Zoom on your laptop, tablet or cell phone to participate, then register online here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/all_things_zoom

A participation link will be emailed to registrants closer to the training date.

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CFC Spring Quarterly Meeting
Apr
4
11:00 AM11:00

CFC Spring Quarterly Meeting

The Citizens First Congress will hold a quarterly meeting on Saturday, April 4 at the Arkansas State Capitol. With less than two months remaining until the CFC Convention, we recommend that as many of our members as possible attend this event. Attendees will receive training in essential skills needed to advance issue campaigns and will also spend the day preparing for the upcoming convention.

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Discussion on Medicaid, Arkansas Works and the Work Requirement
May
30
6:00 PM18:00

Discussion on Medicaid, Arkansas Works and the Work Requirement

Citizens First Congress (CFC), along with Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families (AACF), is hosting a discussion via Telephone Town Hall and Facebook Live to talk about Medicaid, Arkansas Works, and the recent work requirement ruling. We'll have policy experts here to break it all down and you will be able to any ask questions you may have. We'll also be sharing on how you can still enroll for coverage and how you can help others do the same.

To sign up to join the conversation via telephone, fill out this form:
https://arpanel.dm.networkforgood.com/forms/medicaid-arkansas-works

You will also be able to watch via Facebook Live on the Citizens First Congress page at 6:00pm.

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Gen Z Saturday
Mar
16
12:30 PM12:30

Gen Z Saturday

  • Willie Hinton Neighborhood Resource Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Arkansas Youth Coalition for Social Change and Arkansas Public Policy Panel presents GEN Z SATURDAY in partnership with JBM and Associates. Sponsored by Pulaski County Youth Services.

Engaging our youth in the process for political transformation! Lunch will be served, with a special performance by Writeous Poets.

For more information, contact osyrus@arpanel.org or nick@arpanel.org.

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NWA Town Hall Meeting on Public Education
Feb
9
1:00 PM13:00

NWA Town Hall Meeting on Public Education

A Town Hall Meeting co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters Washington County, Arkansas Citizens First Congress, Arkansas Education Association, Arkansas Advocates for Children, Hispanic Women’s Association, and Arkansas United will take place from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019 at the Jones Center for Families and Children in Springdale.

Join us for a legislative update on education issues and hear our panelists share their stories. Our panel will consist of a legislator, public school teacher, school administrator, former charter school teacher and blogger, and other representatives of community groups.

Come learn how you can get involved in your public schools. A question and answer session will follow the panelist presentations. Information and literature from sponsoring groups will be available.

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Arkansas 2020 Census Forum
Jan
30
3:00 PM15:00

Arkansas 2020 Census Forum

Join the Arkansas Public Policy Panel as we host a forum on the Arkansas Census 2020 Census and how we can collaborate to ensure a complete count of ALL Arkansas residents. Arkansas has a number of communities who are historically undercounted, diminishing political representation, investments and causing a range of other negative consequences. Space is limited, please register here: https://tinyurl.com/y7zkp2ru

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