Register for our Spring Quarterly Meeting! Join us on Zoom as we catch up on caucus news, legislative session updates, the education ballot initiative, and more! The agenda is coming soon!
Register here
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
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
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!
Register for our Winter Quarterly Meeting! Join us at the Capital as we catch up on caucus news and prep for the 2025 Legislative session, our legislative priorities, and more! The agenda is coming soon!
Register here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting_december_2024
Join us for our Spring Quarterly! RSVP here: http://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting_september_2024
Join us for our Spring Quarterly! RSVP here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting_april_2024
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 for our fall Quarterly Meeting! Join us virtually via Zoom as we welcome delegates and catch up on caucus news. Agenda coming soon!
Register here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting_sept_2023
Register for our summer Quarterly Meeting! Join us at the State Capitol as we catch up on caucus news and as well a recap on this past legislative session. Agenda coming soon!
Register here: cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting_june_2023
Register for the 2023 Lobby Day: cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/2023_lobby_day
Mark your calendar NOW for the first quarterly meeting to follow our 2022 Convention! In light of the recent uptick in COVID cases, our September meeting will again be held via Zoom.
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!
Join us online for our March quarterly meeting! We’ll hear updates on issues from caucus members, and talk about our June 2022 convention! Agenda TBA. Register to attend here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/2022_cfc_quarterly_meeting_q1_030522
Agenda TBA. Register here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting_q4_2021
Agenda TBA. Register here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting_q3_2021
Join us online via Zoom as we recap the 2021 legislative session and discuss next steps in moving Arkansas forward! Register here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting_q2_2021
Save the date! Join us online as we recap our 2020 Convention and prepare for the 2021 Legislative Session. Register at bit.ly/2GWzx6b
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.
Join us online via Zoom for a socially distanced quarterly meeting of the Citizens First Congress. Register here: https://cfc-arpanel.nationbuilder.com/cfc_quarterly_meeting
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.
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.
Join us from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25 at the Arkansas State Capitol for our Winter Quarterly Meeting. Agenda TBD.
REGISTER TO ATTEND HERE.
Mark your calendars for Saturday, June 15, 2019! Join us at the Arkansas State Capitol as we unpack the 2019 Arkansas Legislative Session and make plans to move Arkansas forward.
Lunch will be served. RSVP here: bit.ly/2GVl5s8
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.
Join us at the Little Rock Farmers’ Market in the downtown River Market on Saturday, May 25 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and learn about ways you can champion your community and keep Arkansas moving forward!
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.
Jay Barth and Chuck Cliett are hosting a fundraising party for the Panel and CFC at their beautiful home, along with many wonderful cohosts. You can find more information on our Facebook page, and you can always make a contribution to support our work here: https://arpanel.networkforgood.com
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.
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
