The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity of Kansas State University held its annual "A Voteless People is a Hopeless People" event this past September registering over 800 new voters at K-State, as well as in Manhattan and Junction City, Kan.  Members spoke about how important it is to vote being citizens of the United States and how this famous fraternity event came about.  

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A webinar presented to over 50 institutions across the nation discussed the importance of the Rural Grocery Initiative and why it is vital to make available low-cost loans to rural groceries and create successful, healthy communities.      

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Thank you to everyone who attended our Economic Security Forum and our two DebateWatch events this October! ICDD was thrilled with the turnout and looks forward to continuing to teach about the political process and educate voters.  

Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy
202 Ahearn Field House
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506

 Our mission is to build community capacity for informed, engaged, civil deliberation.

Our vision is for a stronger democracy through enhanced public deliberation.

Grow your skills and boost your confidence to:

• Plan and lead public meetings
• Moderate discussions of complex problems
• Guide groups to mutually acceptable decisions
• Anticipate and manage conflict before it becomes a problem
• Gather a community around an issue
• Conduct grass-roots asset based planning

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We are looking forward to yet again hosting Kids Voting Riley County on Election Day, November 6. Through this program, area schoolchildren get to participate in the political process by casting their own ballot in the presidential election. Interested in volunteering? Email Amanda at amein@ksu.edu.

If you would like to make a valuable contribution, 

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