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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. Also, if you are planning forums, workshops, or other NIF-related events, please submit the information to the calendar page for posting on the NIF calendar.
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| A Multimedia Report - Recentering Democracy around Citizens | |
Recentering Democracy around Citizens: A Multimedia Report summarizes the discussions of a number of national leaders in public engagement and deliberative democracy (including the representatives of national associations that represent and convene local leaders) at the McCormick Foundation's Cantigny Center earlier this year.
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| An Overview - Naming and Framing Local Issues for Public Deliberation | |
This pdf document (free download) titled Naming and Framing Local Issues for Public Deliberation is about the steps involved in analyzing and organizing what is known about a public issue in order to prepare a guide, or issue book, that people can use to help them deliberate about the issue that concerns them.
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| In Michigan - A Workshop to Prepare for Forums about the Role of Biomass Production as Part of Our Energy Future | |
From Wynne Wright - Here in Michigan we are using the National Issues Forums model to organize public forums to discuss a difficult issue - the role of biomass production as part of our energy futures. We think this is a timely topic that impacts a number of states in the Midwest who are rethinking their energy sources and looking to natural resources to replace fossil fuels.
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| Barbara Brown Uses Deliberative Dialogues in Work with Military Families | |
Barbara A. Brown, South Carolina Military Liason, Clemson Institute for Economic and Community Development, works in a variety of innovative ways to help United States military families, and especially kids, to develop ways to cope and to build resilience.
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| New Website Launch - David Mathews Center for Civic Life |
The David Mathews Center for Civic Life, Montevallo, Alabama, has a new website. The new site is constantly being updated with blog posts, photos, calendar updates, and more. More and link to new website... |
| Lana Oleen will be Panelist in Civility Discussion - Kansas City, Missouri |
 Lana Oleen, former Kansas Senate Majority Leader, and also a former National Issues Forums Institute director, will participate in a panel discussion featuring Congressman Emanuel Cleaver; Reed Chambers, chair of the Tea Party Missouri State Conference; and Ronnie Metsker, chairman of the Johnson County Republican Party, on October 3, 2010.
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| More about Fall Events from the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation (NCDD) |
 Read about some of the upcoming fall regional events that will be sponsored by the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation:
· Denver, Colorado - The Wellshire Inn on Friday, October 22, 2010
· San Francisco, California - De Anza College on Friday, October 29, 2010
· Boston, Massachusetts - UMass Boston on Friday, October 29, 2010
· Austin, Texas - St. Edwards on Friday, November 5, 2010
· Portland, Oregon - Concordia University, November 13, 2010
· Washington, DC - follow-up event in spring 2011
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| 2010 eCitizenship Institute - Sponsored by the American Democracy Project | |
The American Democracy Project (ADP) has announced the 2010 eCitizenship Institute that will take place November 4-5, 2010, in Detroit, Michigan.
The main goal of the initiative is to provide insights and strategies for engaging undergraduates in the use of social networks and technology tools for civic purposes.
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| Jewish Dialogue Group Launches New Website |
 Mitch Chanin, Executive Director of the Jewish Dialogue Group, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, has announced the launch of a new Jewish Dialogue Group website.
The new website replaces the original site that began several years ago. It provides resources for facilitators, and other materials including a guidebook for facilitators titled Constructive Conversations about the Israeli-Palistinian Conflict
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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 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. |
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Take Part in a National Conversation about Economic Security
How Should We Take Charge of Our Future?
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This year National Issues Forums is holding a national conversation on economic security. Five regional coordinators will analyze the results of these forums and share outcomes at regional events and in Washington, D.C. in the spring of 2011. If you would like to participate, contact your regional coordinator (see article for a list of coordinators). Forums must be held before January 24, 2011. Forum questionnaires must be submitted by January 31, 2011.
The Kettering Foundation, in partnership with the National Issues Forums Institute, is seeking innovative ways to communicate the results of forums to policy makers.
The public thinking that emerges from forums can provide valuable insights to policy makers about the kinds of things the public is ready to act on, and where the public might need further thinking. We also recognize that the results of forums might be more useful to state policy makers if they are analyzed regionally.
All are invited to participate in this national conversation. | |
For more information and link to list of regional coordinators...
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