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		<title>Join the Premiere of The Reunited States Film on Feb 11th!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happening this Thursday, February 11th is the launch event for the film, The Reunited States. This film is inspired by its&#8217; namesake book, The Reunited States, authored by Mark Gerzon, president of Mediators Foundation, an NCDD member org. The Reunited States is a powerful and urgent documentary that follows the unsung heroes on the difficult journey of bridging our political and racial divides. The film, like the book, urges us to consider that everyone has a role to play in reuniting the country. To attend [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/32012">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Join Virtual Book Club Discussion with Author of Engaged</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2020 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The McCourtney Institute for Democracy, an NCDD member org invites you to an exciting discussion with the author of Engaged: A Citizen&#8217;s Perspective on the Future of Civic Life. The event will take place via Zoom on Monday, December 7, &#160;at 4 pm Eastern, 1 pm Pacific. Register for the call here! On the call, author and Penn State alumnus Andrew Sommers, will be available for a group Q&#38;A session, and then participants will have the option to break out into smaller groups for further [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/31819">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Join Today’s Discussion with Authors of Beyond Civility: The Competing Obligations of Citizenship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 11:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ICYMI &#8211;&#160; The McCourtney Institute for Democracy &#160;an NCDD member org, is hosting their next virtual book club event TODAY, featuring the book, Beyond Civility: The Competing Obligations of Citizenship. Come share a discussion with the authors, William Keith and Robert Danisch, on civility in democracy and public discourse. You can purchase the book through Penn State University Press, and receive a 30% discount when you use the promo code &#8220;NR20&#8221;! The event is via zoom at 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific; reading of the book [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/31706">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Watch the Confab on Hope for Democracy!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2020 11:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We enjoyed hosting the March Confab Call featuring the new book Hope for Democracy! For those who may have missed it, or those who want to refer back, this post has all the important information from the event. In Hope for Democracy, John Gastil and Katherine R. Knobloch introduce new tools for tamping down hyper-partisanship and placing citizens at the heart of the democratic process. They showcase the Citizens&#8217; Initiative Review, which convenes a demographically-balanced random sample of citizens to study statewide ballot measures. Citizen [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30939">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Register for TODAY’S Confab Call on Hope for Democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2020 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join us TODAY for our March Confab Call, which will introduce a new book from John Gastil and Katie Knobloch, Hope for Democracy. This free call takes place today, March 10th from 2-3 pm Eastern/11 am-12 pm Pacific. Register today to secure your spot. Concerned citizens across the globe fear that democratic institutions are failing them. Citizens feel shut out of politics and worry that politicians are no longer responsive to their interests. In Hope for Democracy, John Gastil and Katherine R. Knobloch introduce new [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30900">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Announcing the March NCDD Confab: Hope for Democracy!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2020 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD is thrilled to announce our March Confab Call, which will introduce a new book from John Gastil and Katie Knobloch, Hope for Democracy. This free call takes place Tuesday, March 10th from 2-3 pm Eastern/11 am-12 pm Pacific. Register today&#160;to secure your spot. Concerned citizens across the globe fear that democratic institutions are failing them. Citizens feel shut out of politics and worry that politicians are no longer responsive to their interests. In Hope for Democracy, John Gastil and Katherine R. Knobloch introduce new [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30865">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Discount Available for New D&amp;D in Higher Education Primer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Nov 2019 12:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exciting news! There&#8217;s a wonderful new resource that was recently published that we encourage those in our network to utilize, especially those working in higher education, called Creating Space for Democracy: A Primer on Dialogue and Deliberation in Higher Education. The book is edited by Nicholas V. Longo and Timothy Shaffer, with many chapter authors from the NCDD network. From the book&#8217;s brief: &#8220;This primer offers a blueprint for achieving the civic mission of higher education by incorporating dialogue and deliberation into learning at colleges [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30531">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Join the Launch of Harwood’s New Book – Stepping Forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD member Rich Harwood of The Harwood Institute has an upcoming book coming out that you won&#8217;t want to miss the launch of on Tuesday, October 1st! From The Harwood Institute announcement&#8230; In&#160;Stepping Forward, Rich Harwood provides a new and inspiring blueprint for how we can rediscover what we share in common and build upon it in a way that engenders authentic hope. Register below to join Rich on October 1 at 1 PM ET to celebrate the official launch of&#160;Stepping Forward!&#160;In a special online [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30373">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NCDD Members Get 30% Off New Transpartisan Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roshan Bliss]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are pleased&#160;to share the&#160;announcement below from the Bridge Alliance &#8211; one of our NCDD organizational members &#8211; about the release of its co-founder and NCDD member Mark Gerzon&#8216;s new book,&#160;The Reunited States of America, on March 1st.&#160;Mark&#8217;s book is highly relevant for D&#38;D practitioners, so he and Bridge Alliance are offering a 30% discount for NCDD members with the code &#8220;NCDD&#8221;. Read more about the book in&#160;the announcement below, or find Mark&#8217;s book here. Reunited States of America We have an exciting offer for [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/20070">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Orton’s Community Field Guide Makes Holiday Reading List</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/16924</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roshan Bliss]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for something&#160;to read during your&#160;holiday down time&#160;or gift ideas, we encourage you to check out the great community and economic planning reading list that&#160;our partners with CommunityMatters shared on their blog. We especially encourage you to learn more about&#160;the Orton Family Foundation&#8217;s wonderful&#160;Community Heart &#38; Soul Field Guide,&#160;a resource on the list that is designed to help those of us doing community &#38; civic engagement work.&#160;You can read the list below of find the original post here. The Center for Rural [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/16924">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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