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		<title>Reporting on All Narratives/ Hidden Common Ground in Unprecedented Times</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2020 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Isabella Guzman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The growing sense of division in our country has been felt &#160;strongly this year in conjunction with the physical separation of pandemic life and elections right around the corner. This article published on USA Today, written by David Mathews, President of Kettering Foundation,&#160;explores a narrative that is rarely reported on. USA Today networks and America Amplified, a public media collaborative, equipped with research provided by organizations including Public Agenda&#160;and the&#160;Kettering Foundation want to uncover the common ground. The main findings reported demonstrate more common ground [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/31780">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>Reflections on a Text, Talk, Act Dialogue on Mental Health</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/18569</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2015 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roshan Bliss]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We want to share an update on Text, Talk, Act &#8211;&#160;the youth mental health conversation initiative launched in 2013 by NCDD-supported Creating Community Solutions&#160;&#8211; that we saw on NCDD organizational member the Public Conversations Project&#8216;s blog. They featured a piece by Nancy Goodman reflecting on the what was discussed in the TTA conversation she facilitated with high school teens, and it gives a&#160;great glimpse into how TTA works and how powerful these dialogues&#160;are. We encourage you to read Nancy&#8217;s piece below or find the original [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/18569">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Host a Text, Talk, Act Mental Health Conversation this April 14th &amp; May 7th!</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/17826</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roshan Bliss]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed our previous post, we want to remind you again that Text, Talk, Act&#160; is back! This April and May, thousands of people, especially young people, will have a nationwide conversation on mental health and how to help a friend in need, and you should join! Here&#8217;s how it works:&#160;Through text messaging, small groups will receive discussion questions to lead them through a conversation about mental health &#8211; how to take care of their own and how to help a friend in [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/17826">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Text, Talk, Act Conversations Return this April &amp; May</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/17486</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2015 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roshan Bliss]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are happy to announce that Text, Talk, Act&#160;&#8211; the youth mental health conversation initiative launched in 2013 by NCDD-supported Creating Community Solutions&#160;&#8211; is returning with two nationwide events this spring! As most of you know, TTA has been supported by NCDD since early on, and it has already shown a lot of encouraging&#160;results&#160;in past iterations. This next round of conversations has two different dates and promises to be the best one yet!&#160;The first date&#160;is Tuesday, April 14th in partnership with Active Mind&#8217;s Stress Less [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/17486">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Community Solutions Alliance Wins IAP2 USA Project of the Year</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/16813</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We wanted to share the great news that last month, the Creating Community Solutions Alliance received the International Association of Public Participation&#8217;s USA Project of the Year Core Value Award. NCDD is one of six organizations that make up the core CCS alliance &#8212; including the National Institute for Civil Discourse (the lead partner), Everyday Democracy, the National Issues Forums Institute, the&#160;Deliberative Democracy Consortium and AmericaSpeaks. Creating Community Solutions won&#160;for its work in bringing people to the table for the national dialogue on mental health [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/16813">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Join a Live Video Chat on #TextTalkAct Tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/16810</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2014 21:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Join organizers of the award-winning #TextTalkAct in a live video chat hosted by @DocForeman tomorrow (Tuesday, November 18th) at 6:30 pm Eastern / 3:30 pm Pacific. Hear what happened during our national Text Talk Act contest on October 6. We&#8217;ll connect you with: Winning youth organizers; Ideas texted in by participants across the country; Resources for taking action. To participate, simply click on this link on Tuesday, Nov 18 at 6:30 p.m. Eastern Time. You&#8217;ll be connected to the live streaming video on YouTube that [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/16810">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>“Text, Talk, Act” Mental Health Conversations Return Oct. 6</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/16313?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=text-talk-act-mental-health-conversations-return-oct-6</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2014 13:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roshan Bliss]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are so pleased to announce that the Text, Talk, Act mental health conversation is returning, this time with a great contest&#160;element. TTA is part of the NCDD-supported Creating Community Solutions initiative, and we highly encourage our members, especially those of you who work with youth, to consider hosting your own conversations! Learn more below or visit&#160;www.creatingcommunitysolutions.org/texttalkact. One in four adults suffer from this in any given year. If it were cancer, diabetes or heart disease, we&#8217;d label it an epidemic. The once silent killer [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/16313?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=text-talk-act-mental-health-conversations-return-oct-6">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Updates from the Deliberative Democracy Consortium</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/16278?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=updates-from-the-deliberative-democracy-consortium</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2014 12:50:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roshan Bliss]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recently received a newsletter from NCDD supporting member Matt Leighninger of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC), and we wanted to share it with you. The DDC has been working on some important and exciting projects, and they have 3 big announcements. First, the DDC has released a significant new white paper: Infogagement: Citizenship and Democracy in the Age of Connection is the latest white paper from PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement). Written by the DDC&#8217;s Matt Leighninger, the report &#8211; downloadable here - [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/16278?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=updates-from-the-deliberative-democracy-consortium">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New EvDem Documentary on Youth Mental Health Dialogue</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/15315?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-evdem-documentary-on-youth-mental-health-dialogue</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jun 2014 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roshan Bliss]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hope you will take a moment to read about a great project that our organizational partners at Everyday Democracy are working on with a New Mexico youth organization called Generation Justice. Their new documentary&#160;is&#160;helping young people have the difficult but needed conversations about mental health in connection with the NCDD-supported Creating Community Solutions initiative. We hope you&#8217;ll take a moment to read about their work or find the original post from EvDem here. When the Mask Comes Off, produced by the youth media organization&#160;Generation [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/15315?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=new-evdem-documentary-on-youth-mental-health-dialogue">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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