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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 18-page discussion report,&#160;Promoting Mental Health in Community,&#160;was published by&#160;Interactivity Foundation&#160;in October 2015 and edited by Nneka Edwards and Suzanne Goodney Lea. This is the initial draft of the discussion report; IF is planning to create a full discussion guide that communities can use when gun violence occurs in order to take mental health concerns into consideration when developing public policy. Below is an excerpt of the guide, which can be downloaded as a PDF for free from IF&#8217;s site&#160;here. From IF&#8230; This is a [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/12083">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Should We Prevent Mass Shootings in Our Communities? (NIFI Issue Advisory)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 14:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 4-page issue advisory,&#160;How Should We Prevent Mass Shootings in Our Communities?&#160;was published September 2016 from&#160;National Issues Forums Institute&#160;and&#160;Kettering Foundation.&#160;The issue guide offers participants three options to use during deliberation on how to address the tragic realities of mass shootings that are occurring in our communities.&#160;The issue advisory is available to download for free on NIFI&#8217;s site&#160;here. From NIFI&#8230; The tragic attacks in Orlando, Florida, San Bernardino, California, and other places have raised concerns among many people across the nation. Other violent episodes, such as [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/12059">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Global Responsibility for Children (IF Discussion Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11864</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 20-page discussion guide, Global Responsibility for Children,&#160;was published by&#160;Interactivity Foundation&#160;in 2015 and edited by Mark Notturno. For this discussion guide, IF brought together [in video conference] panelists from 14 different countries to explore what is means to take responsibility for children and what would policies can be put in place that would uphold this task.&#160;Below is an excerpt of the guide, which can be downloaded as a PDF for free from IF&#8217;s site&#160;here. From the introduction&#8230; Children are, almost by definition, the most vulnerable [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11864">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Safety and Justice: How Should Communities Reduce Violence? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2017 20:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 28-page issue guide, Safety and Justice: How Should Communities Reduce Violence?,&#160;written by Tony Wharton was published on&#160;National Issues Forums Institute&#160;site on January 2017. This issue guide provides three options for deliberation around how communities should address the violence within their communities. In addition to the issue guide, there is a moderator&#8217;s guide and a post-forum questionnaire, all available to download for free on NIFI&#8217;s site here. From NIFI&#8230; After falling steadily for decades, the rate of violent crime in the United States rose again [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11579">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Equity through Learning to Listen: The Case of Public Discussion on Body-Worn Cameras in Madison, Wisconsin</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11540</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2017 14:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 17-page article, Equity through Learning to Listen: The Case of Public Discussion on Body-Worn Cameras in Madison, Wisconsin, was written by Katherine Cramer and&#160;published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 12: Iss. 2. In the article, Cramer discusses the process around gathering public input on whether the Madison police department should implement body-worn cameras on their officers. She gives details around the context for the process and the four lessons learned throughout the whole experience. Read an excerpt of the article below and find [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11540">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Not in Our Town Quick Start Guide</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11458</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2016 16:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Not in Our Town Quick Start Guide: Working together for safe, inclusive communities,&#160;was created by Not in Our Town (NIOT) and updated March 2013. The guide gives five steps to begin a campaign in your town or school to stop hate, address bullying, and build safer communities together Below is an excerpt from the guide, which can be downloaded from NIOT&#8217;s site here&#160;or at the link at the bottom of the page. From the guide&#8230; You may be someone who is concerned about divisions [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11458">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2016 13:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article, Dialogue on Sexual Assault, by&#160;Natasha Dobrott&#160;was published April 2016 on Public Conversations Project&#8216;s blog. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Dobrott discusses how&#160;college campus are talking about sexual assault. Many universities and colleges have come under scrutiny for both their Title IX violations and prevalence of&#160;sexual assault. The article&#160;uplifts some of the different ways that the conversations are taking place around addressing sexual assault on college campuses and the&#160;opportunity for more conversation around &#8220;healthy relationships, masculinity, and social norms&#8221;. Below is an [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11061">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2015 13:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This four-page case study (2014) from The Intersector Project&#160;outlines how cross-sector collaboration was used to transform the East Lake Meadows community in Atlanta, Georgia. From the Intersector Project In 1995, in the East Lake Meadows public housing complex located four miles from downtown Atlanta, only four percent of residents earned incomes above the poverty line. The unemployment rate was 86.5 percent, and the neighborhood was home to a multi-million dollar drug trade with a crime rate 18 times higher than the national average. Less than [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9601">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crime &amp; Punishment:  Imagining a Safer Future for All (IF Discussion Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8689</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2013 19:37:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crime &#38; Punishment: Imagining a Safer Future for All&#160; is the newest discussion guide published by the Interactivity Foundation (IF). This booklet describes five contrasting policy possibilities or frameworks for addressing concerns over the future of our criminal justice system. These concerns include both the racial inequity and the many costs of our policies of mass incarceration, the &#8220;War on Drugs&#8221;, and general get-tough-on-crime policies. The five policy possibilities are: Get Smart[er] to Prevent and Better Deter More Crime Support Families, Strengthen Community, Reintegrate Society [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8689">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Illness in America: How Can We Address a Growing Problem? (NIF Issue Advisory)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8632</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 04:47:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In October 2013, National Issues Forums Institute&#160;(NIFI) released an Issue Advisory that contains materials that can be used in deliberating over the issue of the impact of mental illness in America. This &#8220;issue advisory&#8221; is not a full NIF issue guide, but a basic outline of the options, entitled Mental Illness in America: How Do We Address a Growing Problem? It can be downloaded here. From the introduction&#8230; Many Americans share a sense that something is wrong with how we address mental health and mental [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8632">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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