Town Meeting Intensified

The Town Meeting Campaign began with a goal of having one Town Meeting in every county of the United States.  However, some states intensified that goal, such as Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas.  In Chicago, Illinois Kitty Cole and Georgiana McBurney led the “Standing Tall in the 80s campaign that offered forums to each of Chicago’s 77 communities.

Mississippi 200

• Memories of Mississippi Town Meeting Programs:  Sandra Conant 2019, Lin Zahrt 1986, Molly Shaw 1986 and “Citizen Involvement – The Answer“, Ruth Wilson (16th Guardians Consult, April 1979).

• Town Meeting Mississippi 200 State Report, 1979. 1978 and photos

• Delta Pace MS Town Meeting Assembly, June 18, 1977

• Mississippi Town Meetings:  Amory Town Meeting,Ashland MS Town Meeting, Beartown MS Town Meeting, Bel-Air MS Town Meeting, Belmont MS Town Meeting, Caledonia MS Town Meeting, Calhoun City MS Town Meeting, Carthage MS Town Meeting,  Cedar Bluff MS Town Meeting I, Centreville MS Town Meeting, Pace Chester MS Town Meeting, Pace Clarksdale MS town Meeting,Crossroads MS Town Meeting, Pace Coahoma MS Town Meeting, Delta Pace MS Town Meeting,Duncan MS Town Meeting,Pace Jones Village MS Town Meeting, Jonestown MS Town Meeting, Jumpertown MS Town Meeting, Kilmichael MS Town Meeting, Knobtown MS Town Meeting, Kosciusko MS Town Meeting,Leakesville MS Town Meeting, Lena MS Town Meeting, Lena MS Town Meeting II,Lumberton MS Town Meeting, North Jackson Town Meeting, Winstonville Town Meeting

• Town Meeting II: 1979-1980 – Not only did Mississippi do more than 200 Town Meetings, but the decision was made to go back to those towns for a follow-up to enable implementation of the communities plan.  This effort was known as Town Meeting II:  Artesia, Cedar Bluff , Pace Clay County, Coffeeville Education Forum, Corinth, Gattman, Northwest Hills

• Other Forums:  Adams County Senior Citizens, Alcorn State University Economic Forum, Jefferson County MS Education Town Meeting, Jefferson County MS High School Community Youth Forum

Illinois

• Chicago Standing Tall in the ’80s, July 2019.  50 Chicago communities Town Meetings. Interim Report, June 1980.  Summary reports:  1980-1981 Program Series Report.  Uptown Community Forum, November 18, 1981

• Illinois Town Meetings: Chicago Heights (October 18, 1975 and June 13, 1979); Danville (June 5, 1976); East Chicago Heights (May 12, 1976); East Side Community (March 20, 1976);  East St. Louis (October 23, 1976); Evanston (November 20, 1976);  Farmersville (March 13, 1978); Fidelity (March 20, 1978); Flat Rock (April 11, 1978); Forest City (March 23, 1978); Harvey (March 12, 1976); Hazel Crest (November 15, 1975); Hecker (November 18, 1977); Hoffman Estates (March 20, 1976); Itasca (May 1, 1976); Joliet (March 27, 1976); Kankakee (May 14, 1977), Kirkwood (March 28, 1978); Lafayette (March 2, 1978); Lerna (April 5, 1978); Mason (April 18k 1978); Maywood (January 7, 1976); McClean County/ Normal (March 25, 1976); Melvin (March 6, 1978); Mill Shoals (April 4, 1978); Mundelein (November 22, 1975); Morton (May 1, 1976); Nauvoo (March 14, 1978); New Burnside (November 18, 1977); Newman (February 2, 1978); Noble (April 11, 1978); Oak Park (including children’s town meeting) (March 27, 1976);  Old Shawneetown (March 31, 1978); Palatine (February 28, 1976); Park Ridge (April 26, 19760; Patoka (April 13, 1978); Pearl (April 22, 1978); Pekin (June 12, 1976); Peoria (June 8, 1974); Pocahontas (December 5, 1977); Poplar Grove (October 27, 1977); Quincy (March 27, 1976); Quincy Senior High – Law Focus (September 15, 1976);  Reynolds (March 15, 1978); Sailor Springs (April 17, 1978); Saline County (February 14, 1976); Savanna (November 12, 1977); Schaumburg (March 20, 1976); Sidney (February 21, 1978); Springfield (April 23, 1977); Steger (April 3, 1976); South Holland (March 20, 1976); Stephenson County/ Freeport (February 14, 1976); Stewardson (March 30, 1978); Stronghurst (April 28, 1978); Wabash River Basin (April 15, 1978); Yorkville (May 15, 1976 and review)

Town Meeting Comprehensive Report 1974-1978, May 1978

IL Town Compendium of Results, 1976.

IL Report First 40 Town Meetings, 1976

Town Meeting Promotional Materials, 1975-6

Oklahoma 100

• Oklahoma City South Town Meeting, May 1, 1976

• Actualization: TM in Oklahoma, July 15, 1976

Texas 100

• 100 Texas TMeetings, Jill Persichetti, 1974-5

Talks given at Town Meetings/ Community Forums: The Future of Town Meeting”; Keys to Urban Victory, Don Clark 1976;  A Compendium of Talks/Reports 1976, “Profound Awakenment” by Joseph Mathews 1977, “The New World” by Don Raschke at the Kemper Town Meeting 1975; George Holcombe at Clarksburg, West Virginia Town Meeting; “The New Human”, Lyn Mathews, March 1975

• Town Meeting Report to US Department of Housing and Urban Development, September 1978

• What is Town Meeting, Joseph Mathew, July 17, 1975

Town Meetings in Other Nations

• Marshall Islands:  Town Meetings Report: Diamond of the Pacific, 1976