Rikki Held, of HELD vs. State of Montana (youth climate lawsuit against State of Montana a couple years ago), is coming to Great Falls to meet our community on Thursday, December 4th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at First United… Read More ›
Education
2025 Municipal Candidate Forum
Did you miss the Municipal Candidate Forum at the Great Falls Senior Center on October 14th? You can watch it below. The ballots will be mailed out on October 20th for this all-mail election. Don’t forget to put your birth… Read More ›
2025 School Board of Trustees Candidate Forum
With mail ballots now out, Great Falls Rising held a candidate forum for the GFPS Board of Trustees election, David Saslav moderated the forum, held on April 23rd at GFC-MSU, for candidates Gordon Johnson (incumbent), Paige Turoski (incumbent), Tony Rosales… Read More ›
Shape Great Falls’ Future
Great Falls Rising invites you to participate in the building of the Growth Policy for Great Falls covering the next 20 years. Join us on Wednesday, March 19th at 6:00 PM in the Dark Horse at The Celtic Cowboy, 116 1st Ave. South. Staff… Read More ›
Is Public Education Under Threat in Great Falls and Montana?
This question will be discussed by a panel of local experts, with audience Q&A to follow, on Wednesday, January 22nd at 6:00 pm in the Darkhorse Hall at the Celtic Cowboy in downtown Great Falls, including: Bill Bronson (GFPS trustee); Jamie… Read More ›
The State of Great Falls Public Schools 2024
Great Falls Rising invited Tom Moore, Superintendent of Great Falls Public Schools (GFPS), and Jamie Marshall, Chair of Kids’ Education YES, for an evening of information and conversation about our local public schools. Data and trends related to the state… Read More ›
2024 School Board of Trustees Candidate Forum
Great Falls Rising held a candidate forum on April 16th for the School Board of Trustees 2024 election for one position on the Board. Candidates Marlee Sunchild (incumbent), Rodney Meyers, and Tony Rosales were asked questions by Moderator Tim McGonigal…. Read More ›
Hate and Extremism in Montana
Great Falls Rising presents: “HATE AND EXTREMISM IN MONTANA: What we as a community need to know to stand against HATE.” Tuesday, January 16th, Church of the Incarnation, 600 3rd Ave. North. 5:30 to 6:00 pm: Visit information tables on… Read More ›
Did You Miss the Unhoused Forum?
The Unhoused Women and Children’s Forum, held on November 14th, is on our You Tube Channel now and posted here. It is well worth the time to learn about the issues that face unhoused women and children in Great Falls…. Read More ›
Video Now Available: The Need, Construction, and Implementation of the 1972 Montana Constitution.
Great Falls Rising thanks our convention speakers and know that we are all much richer for the stories we have heard. Let’s keep up the work of preserving this piece of history and continuing the role of our 1972 constitution…. Read More ›
Update from Kids Education Yes (KEY) and Great Falls Public Schools on Challenges and OTO Funds
Our Great Falls Rising January virtual program with Tom Moore, Superintendent of GFPS, and Jamie Marshall, chairperson of Kids Education YES (KEY), was outstanding. They spoke about the trials experienced in our schools due to the COVID pandemic and the… Read More ›
Public Education in Great Falls: A Community Perspective
On Thursday, January 20 at 6 pm, please join our Great Falls Public Schools Superintendent, Tom Moore, and Kids Education Yes (KEY) Chair, Jamie Marshall, for a virtual presentation on public education in our local community. Information on challenges and opportunities resulting… Read More ›
LWV Series on the 50th Anniversary of the Montana Constitution: ‘Ask Not What You Can Do’
On January 12th, the League of Women Voters (LWV) from the Helena area and the Lewis and Clark Library hosted their first installment in the series which featured retired Montana Supreme Court Justice Jim Nelson and how the Montana Constitution… Read More ›
School Superintendents Express No Confidence in MT OPI’s Elsie Arntzen
For those of you who are interested in the connection between our Great Falls Public Schools and the Office of Public Instruction, the attached file is an interesting letter from the superintendents of all eight AA schools to Ms. Arntzen.
GFR December Gathering: Update on the BSCNHA by Jane Weber and Bill Bronson
There were 63 folks who attended the virtual gathering on Tuesday, December 7th, 2021. Jane Weber shared background information on the Big Sky Country National Heritage Area (BSCNHA) project, and along with Bill Bronson, Legal Counsel for BSCNHA, provided an… Read More ›
GFR Zoom Gathering: When Women were ‘Granted’ the Right to Vote
Great Falls Rising invites you to a Zoom gathering to tell you about the final chapter in women’s 72-year struggle to win the vote. After the 19th Amendment was approved by Congress and President Woodrow Wilson, it had to be… Read More ›
Have a Question about an Issue?
Defending Montana’s Constitution from Attack – Great Falls Rising (greatfallsrisingmt.org) Great Falls Crime Task Force – Great Falls Rising (greatfallsrisingmt.org) Slow the Slaughterhouse: Protect the Falls – Great Falls Rising (greatfallsrisingmt.org) Shots in Arms: Slow the Spread of COVID-19 in… Read More ›
The Obama Foundation Fellowship
Francis Kromkowski Maternowski The Obama Foundation Fellowship The Obama Foundation Fellowship supports outstanding civic innovators – leaders who are working with their communities to create transformational change, addressing some of the world’s most pressing problems. The program selects 20 community-minded… Read More ›
Learn the Art of Lawmaking in Montana
“Zen and the Art of Lawmaking in Montana” is a course being taught this fall at MSU-Billings (September 5th through December 12th, 2018), but you can follow along with the draft syllabus provided below, which includes links to reading selections. … Read More ›
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