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		<title>Join Launch of the Partnership for American Democracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2021 11:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you miss America Talks? This incredible event kicked off the 4th annual National Week of Conversation from June 12-20, 2021. Although the National Week of Conversation 2021 has passed, you can stay connected to their upcoming events here! Including this announcement from the #ListenFirst Coalition about a special event happening tomorrow July 1 at 12pm Eastern, 9am Pacific &#8211; &#8220;Thursday marks another milestone as we help launch the Partnership for American Democracy, a new initiative that will serve as the collaborative nerve center to [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/32203">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Essential Partners’ Dialogue Guide on Race in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD sponsor organization, Essential Partners, recently released their new comprehensive dialogue guide titled, Race in America. This guide is designed to support community conversations on race; including instructions, a facilitator guide, and several case studies on racial dialogues happening in the U.S. You can learn more about the guide in the post below and download the guide for free via EP&#8217;s site here. Race in America: A Dialogue Guide Informed by decades of experience, Race in America: A Dialogue Guide will provide a roadmap for [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/32052">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Student Support with Dialogue in Time of National Crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:30:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students spend most of their days in school. Naturally, when national events occur, this extends the teachers regular duties to the role of &#160;&#8220;first responders&#8221;. This publication from Essential Partners&#160;was adapted for the classroom from their Reflective Structured Dialogue, and is offered as a tool for teachers to create a space of self- reflection, deep listening and open sharing in the classroom. &#160;The prompts and guidelines to consider, proactively invite the students to process crisis in a healthy way. Read about the structure and prompts [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/31955">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Participatory Budget Celebrates a Decade of Impact</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ICYMI NCDDer, the Participatory Budget Project, recently celebrated over a decade of service and earlier this year, Shari Davis, assumed the role as their new executive director! The release of their 2019 Impact Report is now available and provides a full view of their initiatives. Highlights of their incredible journey, in addition to processes and projects underway this current year, can be found in the article below or in the original post here. Our Impact: Real Money, Real Power 2019 marked a monumental year for [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/31518">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Interview with Joan Blades of Living Room Conversations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This story about Living Room Conversations, a longstanding NCDD friend and member organization, articulates the vision and relevance of gathering with others to practice communication in spite of differences. In 2010, Joan Blades in collaboration with friends from different political identities, created Living Room Conversations when they noticed the increasing difficulties in communicating with people across political divides. Living Room Conversations provides an important practice space where people can meet and discuss issues that matter greatly to communities across America.&#160; These online gatherings allow, respect, [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/31302">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EvDem Joins Virtual Conference on Jail Reform and Equity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This story is shared by Everyday Democracy an NCDD member organization, who participated in a nationwide virtual conference on the criminal justice system. The conference was hosted by The Safety and Justice Challenge and gave way for in-depth exploration at educational, networking, and dialogic solutions to the criminal system, and specifically jail reform. EvDem has been providing community engagement technical assistance to the Safety and Justice Challenge since 2018 and was honored to moderate an exchange session at the virtual convening. &#160;In the session, EvDem [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/31305">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>EP Student Facilitator Joins Anti-Racism Education Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2020 11:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following story is shared by our friends at Essential Partners, an NCDD sponsor member, who recently announced one of their student alumni has joined the international initiative, the Anti-Racism Education (A.R.E.) Project.&#160;17-year-old Clay Thornton from North Carolina, who previously participated in Essential Partner&#8217;s program and is taking his facilitation skills into the important work of race dialogues. We are so excited to hear the youth are involved and powerful in this conversation. We encourage you to read more in the post below and find [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/31275">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recording Available for Cultivating Community Capacity!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2020 11:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On April 24th, NCDD hosted a special event from NCDD sponsoring member Susan Stuart Clark of Common Knowledge, titled&#160;Cultivating Community Capacity with Four &#8220;Deep Wisdom&#8221; Practices. The event, attended by more than 60 participants, was the start of&#160;a series of activities and collection of resources at sense-us.org, a new pro bono project for Common Knowledge and allies in the arts, healing and community transformation. Susan shared with us the four practices identified by cross-cultural pioneer Angeles Arrien, which we can use to help deepen our [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/31154">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Peacebuilding Institute Scholarship Deadline: 1/31</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/30745</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our friends at the Summer Peacebuilding Institute (SPI) sent out a reminder yesterday via their newsletter that SPI 2020 scholarship deadlines are quickly approaching on January 31st! This phenomenal program offered by NCDD member org, the&#160;Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, is an opportunity to learn from leaders in the D&#38;D field about conflict transformation, restorative justice, and more. Courses can be taken to improve your skills or for academic credit (and they now offer an M.A. in Restorative Justice program).&#160; Read [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30745">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NICD Co-Produces New Docuseries Called Divided We Fall</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NCDD member organization, The National Institute for Civil Discourse (NICD) has been working on a new television docuseries called, Divided We Fall, co-produced with New Voices Strategies to explore the wide realm of experiences of what it means to be American and how to bridge the divides that prevent it. In a series of tweets from NICD, they shared&#8230; &#8220;For the past ten months NICD has been working in partnership with New Voice Strategies to produce and launch a new documentary series called Divided We [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30146">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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