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Events and Updates about National Issues Forums
This National Issues Forums (NIF) newsletter is to let
you know about new information, announcements, or
materials that can be found on the NIF website.
If you have National Issues Forums (NIF) news, or
other related items please send them to me (Patty
Dineen) at dineenp@msn.com or fax them to 724-443-
5942. Also, if you are planning any
forums, workshops, or other NIF-related events,
please post the information on the calendar page.
National Issues Forums (NIF) is a nonpartisan
network of civic, educational, and other
organizations, and individuals, whose common
interest is to promote public deliberation in America.
It has grown to include civic clubs, religious
organizations, libraries, schools, and many other
groups that meet to deliberate about critical public
issues. NIF does not advocate specific solutions or
points of
view but provides citizens the opportunity to
consider a broad range of choices, weigh the pros
and cons of those choices, and meet with each other
in a public dialogue to identify the concerns they
hold in common.
| At the University of Georgia -Symposium about Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems |
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The University of Georgia's (UGA) Child and Family
Policy Initiative, coordinated by the Carl Vinson
Institute of Government, and the College of Family and
Consumer Sciences invite you to attend a Symposium
about the Juvenile and Criminal Justice systems, and
implications for policy and practice.
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| Article in the NewsHerald.com about Deliberative Forum in Panama City |
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An article titled Community talks, seeks answers to
teen violence was published in the NewsHerald
online edition on September 25, 2007. The article, by
S. Brady Calhoun, describes a Panama City forum
that was moderated by Janice Lucas, a teacher at A.
D. Harris High School.
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| Kettering Foundation President David Mathews Reports on the 2007 Public Policy and Deliberative Democracy Workshops |
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You are invited to watch a video in which Kettering
Foundation President David Mathews presents his
reflections on the 2007 Public Policy and Deliberative
Democracy Workshops.
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| CYFERnet Publishes Interview with Barbara Brown about Deliberative Dialogue in South Carolina |
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An interview with Barbara Brown, South Carolina
CYFAR (Children, Youth, and Families at Risk) project
director and co-director of the Laboratory for
Deliberative Democracy at Clemson University, is
available to read onlilne.
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| National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) Invites Participation on 2008 Conference Planning Team |
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The National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation
(NCDD)'s biennial conferences (the next one will be
October, 2008 in Austin, Texas) are unique
experiments in collaborative planning that have
included dynamic planning teams of about 60 people
for each of three previous conferences.
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| Texas Forums will Train 120 Moderators for "Too Many Children Left Behind" Forums in Texas |
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Adults and youths are being invited to become trained
moderators who will then team moderate (one adult
and one youth) small group (10-12 people) forums.
The moderator training is free and trained individuals
who moderate three community forums will receive a
$100 stipend.
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| Free Activity Materials - "Considering the Role of Values in Public Policy" |
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A hands-on activity to help students (and others)
explore the role that values, and prioritizing of values,
plays in public policy is available free of charge from
the Choices Program website.
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| View Videos from the Kettering Foundation's 2007 Public Policy and Deliberative Democracy Workshops |
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Over 240 participants gathered in Dayton, Ohio, for the
Kettering Foundation's 2007 Public Policy and
Deliberative Democracy Workshops where people
gather to "share ideas and their common commitment
to citizen-led democracy."
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| Invitation to Participate in a National Conversation about Energy |
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The Kettering Foundation and the National Issues
Forums Institute are inviting you and your group or
community to become part of a national conversation
about energy and the choices that face the public and
policymakers.
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| National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) and National Issues Forums (NIF) at Arsalyn Youth Conference |
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The National Coalition for Deliberation and Dialogue
was approached by Arsalyn's director to help make
dialogue and deliberation a major part of this year's
conference.
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| New Deliberative Democracy Section Opened in Educare Trust Library, Nigeria |
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On Saturday, August 18, 2007, a Deliberative
Democracy Section was officially opened in the
Educare Trust Library in Sango City, Ibadan, Oyo
State, Nigeria. View some photos from the event.
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| Seeking Deliberative Forums Materials for Deliberative Democracy Section of Library in Nigeria |
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Educare Trust is appealing to established
deliberators and deliberative institutions to please
donate books and resource material to the Educare
Trust (a Nigerian education and health NGO) Library
Department that is being used by well over two
hundred students and adult users every week.
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Kansas State University Students Use YouTube to Talk about Issues |
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The Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy
(ICDD), and students at Kansas State University have
launched ICDDlive on YouTube, the popular
video posting site.
Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy
communications specialists Josh Hersh, a senior
majoring in speech communcation, and Stephanie
Faulk, a senior majoring in public relations,
introduced ICDDlive via an initial video posting
about
three weeks ago.
At ICDDlive you can watch a video about the
beginning and purpose of ICDDlive. You can
also watch a video in which KSU students talk about public
issues.
Watch for future postings at ICDDlive.
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