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 ›
Education
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 ›
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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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