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PLAN NOW FOR A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARENESS DAY!

When? Pick any day that best fits your schedule!

What Can You Do? Invite a local government official into your class as a speaker-visit city hall-research the history of your city-hold a discussion on sales tax revenues--brainstorm an issue facing your school, city, state, or country--hold a debate on that issue and develop an action plan to solve that issue.

Why? To introduce students to the important role local government plays in their community

Partners: University of Missouri-St. Louis-College of Education, University of MO Extension, Missouri Municipal League (MML), Missouri City/County Management Association (MCMA), & St. Louis Area City Management Association (SLACMA)

Program Name

MY LOGO is the new name for the Local Government Program(formerly Local Government CECH-UP). The name stands for "Missouri Youth Engaged in Local Government."

Program Director

Sandy Diamond, M.Ed., is the the MY LOGO Program Director. She also serves as Director for Kids Voting Missouri. Both programs are part of the Citizenship Education Clearing House at the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Education.

Prior to joining UMSL in 1999, Sandy was the Newspapers in Education (NIE) Coordinator for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and also taught government/civics for the Hazelwood School District.

Who's Who at CECH

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Dr. Wolfgang Althof
Dr. Althof is the Teresa M. Fischer Professor of Citizenship Education at the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Education. He is Director of CECH-the Citizenship Education Clearing House and Co-director of UMSL’s Center for Character and Citizenship (CCC) located in the College of Education. See (http://www.characterandcitizenship.org). Current programs under Dr. Althof's leadership include MY LOGO-Missouri Youth Engaged in Local Government and Kids Voting Missouri.

Background...Prior to joining UMSL in 2005, Dr. Althof was in the Department of Education, University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from 1984-2004. Since 1991, Dr. Althof's focus has been on moral/character development and citizenship education in school-wide programs called "Just and Caring School Communities" and on their contribution to school and staff development. Several of these schools (in Switzerland, Germany, and Italy) have won awards for these outstanding pedagogical initiatives, including the Pestalozzi Award for Child-friendly Environments, donated by UNICEF Switzerland and other national youth organizations. Dr. Althof serves on the Civic Engagement and Constitution Day Committees at UMSL and is an active member of the Missouri Bar’s Statewide Civic Education Advisory Board.

Contact Information for Dr. Althof:

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Office: 411 Marillac Hall/UMSL-One University Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63121
Phone: (314) 516-6818

Sandy Diamond, M.Ed.

Sandy is the current Program Director for MY LOGO. This program, formally known as Local Government CECH-UP, is a joint program of the University of Missouri-St. Louis College of Education and University of Missouri Extension.

Diamond also serves as Director of Kids Voting Missouri, a position she has held since 1999. Prior to joining UMSL, Sandy taught Civics in the Hazelwood School District and worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as their Newspapers in Education (NIE) Coordinator.

In 2010 Sandy was recognized by the Metropolitan Bar Foundation of St. Louis when she received one of their "Spirit of Justice" awards. Likewise, in 2006, Sandy also received the prestigious Warren S. Solomon Civic Virtue Award from the Missouri Bar. This award is given annually to someone who promotes civic virtue to teachers and schools throughout Missouri. She also received the 2006 Barbara Ericksen Affiliate Excellence Award from Kids Voting USA. This award is given each year to the Kids Voting USA Executive Director whose work demonstrates excellence in all facets of program implementation and who exemplifies the spirit of Kids Voting USA.

Contact Information for Sandy Diamond:
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Office: 356 Marillac Hall/UMSL-One University Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63121
Phone: (314) 516-6823

Missouri Youth Engaged in Local Governent (MY LOGO) College of Education, University of Missouri - St. Louis and University Outreach & Extension. Funded by a grant from the Urban Extension Project, a joint effort of the East Central Region, University Outreach & Extension, and Continuing Education & Outreach, University of Missouri - St. Louis.