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ELEVATING PERSPECTIVES:
Unveiling the Keynotes for the CSG West Annual Meeting
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Prepare to be inspired as we introduce the trailblazing speakers headlining the 2024 CSG West Annual Meeting! Join us in welcoming the dynamic futurist, Samantha Jordan, and bestselling author, Daniel James Brown, as they take center stage. With this year’s theme, "Explore the Extraordinary," their insights promise to ignite our imaginations in the vibrant city of Portland, Oregon. Read about their extraordinary stories below.
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Samantha Jordan
Futurist | Consultant, Future Today Institute
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Samantha Jordan is a futurist on a mission to spread “plausible optimism” about the possibilities of emerging technologies. As a consultant with the Future Today Institute (FTI), a leading foresight and strategy firm founded by world-renowned futurist Amy Webb, Jordan helps organizations dissect the complexities of upcoming opportunities, while also factoring the inherent risks.
Her analysis of the data and trends in the ever-changing tech landscape gets organizations unstuck and ready to develop and implement their own customized, future-focused strategies for evolving their businesses.
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Daniel James Brown
Bestselling Author
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Daniel James Brown is The New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, now being made into a movie directed by George Clooney and Grant Heslov.
Brown’s other books include Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894, which traces the personal stories and social, economic, and environmental causes of the Great Hinkley Fire, The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride, and his second New York Times bestseller, Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War ll, a gripping World War II saga of patriotism, highlighting the contributions and sacrifices that Japanese immigrants and their American-born children made for the sake of the nation.
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Click above to view the 2024 Western Legislative Academy Brochure | |
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LEADERSHIP EXCELLENCE
Unlock Your Leadership Potential: Apply Today for the Western Legislative Academy
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Ready to take your leadership skills to the next level? The Western Legislative Academy (WLA) is an immersive training experience designed to sharpen the leadership skills of newer legislators in communications, consensus building, focus management, ethics and more.
WLA features dynamic and interactive sessions led by national leaders and academic authorities, discussions that challenge and inspire, and the opportunity to forge lasting connections with legislative peers from across the region.
The 2024 WLA will take place December 10-13 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. If you are a Western state legislator within your first four years of cumulative service, apply today and don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity! The deadline for completed applications is May 1.
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Elevate Your Brand:
Partner with CSG West for the 2024 Annual Meeting!
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Interested in hosting a Legislative Learning Lab, Policy Tour, or Reception at the CSG West Annual Meeting? Slots are going fast, so submit your application today.
Click here to learn more about sponsorship opportunities and links to applications.
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Consider Applying for the 2025 CSG West Vice Chair Position | |
The CSG West Nominating Committee will be interviewing candidates for the position of 2025 CSG West Vice Chair. Based on the bipartisan rotation, the Nominating Committee will consider Democratic candidates for this position, which will succeed to the role of chair in 2027.
Interested and eligible members of the CSG West Executive Committee are encouraged to apply. The 2025 Vice Chair application and associated instructions are available here. Please note, the deadline for completed applications is Tuesday, June 25.
If you have any questions about the process or would like to obtain more information, please contact CSG West director, Edgar Ruiz, or feel free to reach out to our current officers or past chairs
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UPCOMING WEBINARS
The CSG Justice Center and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) will be hosting two upcoming webinars, which will review the application processes for the FY 2024 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) and FY 2024 Connect and Protect (C & P,) respectively. View below for more details.
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Responding to the FY 2024 Connect and Protect (C & P) Solicitation | |
March 19, 2024
2:00-3:30 P.M. Eastern
| This grant program provides an anticipated 25 awards in the amount of $550,000 each to city or township governments, county governments, federally recognized Native American Tribal governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, and mental health agencies for a 36-month project. This project helps entities prepare, create, or expand comprehensive plans to implement collaborative programs for preliminarily qualified people who have come into contact with the criminal justice system and promote public safety and outcomes for people with mental health disorders and co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. | | |
Responding to the FY 2024 Connect and Protect (C & P) Solicitation | |
March 21, 2024
2:00-3:30 P.M. Eastern
| This grant program provides an anticipated 19 awards in the amount of $550,000 each to city or township governments, county governments, federally recognized Native American Tribal governments, public and state-controlled institutions of higher education, state governments, and mental health agencies for a 36-month project. The C & P program supports law enforcement-behavioral health cross-system collaboration to plan, implement, or expand response initiatives that target preliminarily qualified people who have come into contact with law enforcement, who have mental health disorders, co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, and intellectual and developmental disabilities and promotes improved public health and public safety. | | |
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