Hamilton Civic League wants to bring positive change to our city

When the Hamilton Civic League formed in 2009, we were clearly focused on increasing voter turnout for the 2010 Municipal Election. We grew our membership, developed partnerships, implemented radio, TV and bus advertising campaigns, hosted public forums and connected with target groups that have been traditionally underrepresented at the polls. We also conducted a door to door survey to collect data on community Values & Priorities on a variety of municipal issues. We concluded our first year by meeting with many of the unelected candidates to learn about their campaign experiences. 

Our vision is stated as follows: All eligible Hamiltonians will vote in the next election as informed, empowered and engaged citizens in order to bring about positive change to our city.

Our mission is stated as follows: Our mission is to develop an all-inclusive, non-partisan civic league representing Hamilton community stakeholders to encourage and inspire our community to become informed about local issues, to raise community involvement in local democracy, and to promote accountability, accessibility and transparency in our municipal government.

Does our vision hit the mark? What changes would you suggest?

Another community’s Civic League established a set of common Values which are used to direct their work. Council decisions are compared/measured against their established core values. Should this be the approach taken by the Hamilton Civic League? Please review our Values & Priorities Survey and the results posted at www.WeVote.ca. Our survey results will be used to establish common values upon which we will direct our work.  

If you missed our meeting last night, please take this opportunity to provide input to ensure the Hamilton Civic League develops a plan that takes your priorities into consideration. We will review all feedback at our next meeting scheduled for Thursday November 17^th at Hometown Hamilton / Skydragon at 7 pm, 27 King William St.