The group was founded by Harry and Caroline Pozycki in 1998, and draws support from experts in law, government, and politics including former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Gary Stein, Dean of the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania Michael Delli Carpini, and former Counsels to Governor Tom Kean and Brendan Byrne, among others.

These positions do not require a person to run for office or spend money, but still give regular citizens the power to make important decisions that will affect the community.

The Law and Policy Task Force, chaired by Former New Jersey Supreme Court Justice Gary Stein, is a volunteer network of legal and governmental experts who develop model legislation and cost-cutting proposals for local and state adoption.

The Task Force is composed of about 50 New Jersey lawyers who work to develop model laws pertaining to expanding citizen rights and eliminating government waste, including competitive insurance purchasing, pay-to-play reform, increasing access to public records, and political party committee transparency.

[4] The Citizens Campaign developed teaching tools in "Solutions Civics" which were adopted into the mandatory social studies curriculum in high schools in Newark, Trenton, Plainfield, and Perth Amboy, NJ in 2018.

A Civic Trust will be based at the Middlesex County College Perth Amboy Center, where students who have earned the Power Civics© certificate can put their training into practice.

is a project facilitated by The Citizens Campaign which is dedicated to helping established and emerging hyperlocal news sites build their base, business, and brand, with a particular emphasis on best practices for covering local government and politics.

[16] The coalition, chaired by Michael Delli Carpini, aims to assist hyperlocal editors, reporters, and citizen journalists ensure robust coverage of local government and politics.

[19]" In response to this alleged corruption, The Citizens Campaign claim to have "developed and won adoption of the strongest State-Level Pay-to-Play Reform Law in the nation.

[24][25] The resolution proposes several methods to remedy the current system: In 2011 this legislation resulted in:[24] In 2009 The Citizens Campaign won adoption of the Party Democracy Act (P.L.

2009, c. 141), legislation crafted by the Law and Policy Task Force, which requires all New Jersey municipalities to maintain a directory of boards and commissions, including membership, terms of office, and vacancies.