Chelsea City Hall. Modeled after Independence Hall in Philadelphia, built in 1908 following the Great Chelsea Fire. Photo courtesy of Josh Resnek and Everett Leader Herald.
a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, how to run for public office, how to file legislation in the Massachusetts Legislature and right here at the Chelsea City Council. Chelsea’s School Committee and your teachers are committed to providing an education that not only provides you a strong academic foundation but that also prepares you to assume your rightful role as an active citizen of Chelsea and the United States. Working with reporters and editors at the
State House News Service on Beacon Hill, we have prepared this Pocket Guide. We believe the skills and confidence you develop as you complete your civics action project will prove highly valuable to you in your academic and professional careers. We hope you refer to this Pocket Guide time and again to gain access to local and state civic leaders. You might be surprised at how recep- tive public officials in Chelsea and at the State House will be when they hear from you.
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. Barack Obama Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. Obama served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004. Prior to his election to the Senate, he worked as a civil rights lawyer and community activist.
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Students Pocket Guide for Civic Engagement
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