Friday, April 19, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Welcome to the Rocklin Junto!
"Junto" refers to a social group started by Benjamin Franklin which met to do the following:
"The Junto's Friday evening meetings were organized around a series of questions that Franklin devised, covering a range of intellectual, personal, business, and community topics. These questions were used as a springboard for discussion and community action. In fact, through the Junto, Franklin promoted such concepts as volunteer fire-fighting clubs, improved security (night watchmen), and a public hospital."
Wikipedia Article on Ben Franklin's Junto
The initial meetings of the Rocklin Junto will help develop the structure of the group, the formation of future groups and will delve into the problems faced by a general lack of Constitutional learning that will become the focus of the group.
We will meet monthly for an hour and a half, with pre-selected texts and constitutional principles identified for the next meeting.
Friends are welcome and should attend with existing members. While women are not excluded and are welcome to attend from time to time, the intent of this Junto is to provide an opportunity for male community and family leadership development with a focus on the US Constitution.
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