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		<title>The United States’ Democratic Promise (IF Discussion Guide)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 13:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 36-page discussion guide, The United States&#8217; Democratic Promise,&#160;was published by&#160;Interactivity Foundation&#160;in 2011 and edited by Dennis Boyer. For this discussion guide, IF brought together panelists to explore what democracy has come to mean in the US, why we value it, and to guide further discussion by offering contrasting public policy possibilities. Below is an excerpt from the guide, which can be downloaded as a PDF for free from IF&#8217;s site&#160;here, both in English and in Spanish. From the introduction&#8230; In this project, the two [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/12117">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2018 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly five years ago, after seeing so many couples and families interacting with their devices instead of each other, author, advice columnist and now conversation catalyst Debra Darvick felt compelled to do something. That &#8220;something&#8221; was to create Picture a Conversation&#8482;, an engaging set of conversation prompts whose topics are inspired by her husband&#8217;s gorgeous nature photographs. Darvick has made it her mission to help people reconnect through face-to-face conversations. What distinguishes Picture a Conversation&#8482; cards from others in the genre is Darvick&#8217;s innovation of [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11994">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Next, Alabama?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2018 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s Next, Alabama? is an issue guide created by the David Mathews Center for Civic Life in 2017 for Alabama Issues Forums 2017 &#8211; 2020. The issue guide provides a brief overview of economic issues facing Alabama and outlines three approaches in addressing economic infrastructure over the course of three forums. The David Mathews Center&#8212;a non-profit, non-partisan, non-advocacy organization&#8212;does not advocate a particular approach or solution to economic issues, but rather seeks to provide a framework for citizens to carefully examine multiple approaches, weigh costs [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11885">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Promoting Mental Health in Community (IF Discussion Report)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/12083</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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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>Living Room Conversation Guide: Guns and Responsibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2018 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Living Room Conversation&#160;published the conversation guide,&#160;Guns and Responsibility, which&#160;was released October 2017. The guide gives pointers on how to hold living room conversations in order to develop a deeper understanding between participants around gun beliefs, gun safety, and responsible gun ownership. You can read the guide below, find a downloadable PDF&#160;here,&#160;or the original on Living Room Conversation&#8217;s site&#160;here. From the guide&#8230; Overview In Living Room Conversations, a small group of people (e.g. 4-7) people come together to get to know one another in a more [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/12067">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Future Possibilities for Civil Rights Policy (IF Discussion Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11987</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 32-page discussion guide,&#160;Future Possibilities for Civil Rights Policy,&#160;was published by&#160;Interactivity Foundation&#160;in May 2011 and edited by Suzanne Goodney Lea. For this discussion guide, participants consider what does a civil right actually mean and then explore the&#160;policy directions that will redefine civil rights over the next few decades. The guide is available in both English and Spanish. 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; We hear a lot about civil rights. [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11987">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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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2017 15:10:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Civil Conversations Project seeks to renew common life in a fractured and tender world. We are a conversation-based, virtues-based resource towards hospitable, trustworthy relationship with and across difference. We honor the power of asking better questions, model reframed approaches to entrenched debates, and insist that the ruptures above the radar do not tell the whole story of our time. We aspire to amplify and cross-pollinate the generative new realities that are also being woven, one word and one life at a time. Better Conversations: [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11781">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Family (IF Discussion Guide)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 48-page discussion guide,&#160;The Future of Family, was edited by Jeff Prudhomme and Jack Byrd, and published from Interactivity Foundation in the fall 2013. This guide explores the evolving ways in which families are shaped, and takes &#160;into consideration how to shape policy with the varying ways in which family is defined. In this guide are nine contrasting public policy options concerning the family unit for participants to explore regarding how policy questions and concerns. You can view the discussion guide in full on IF&#8217;s [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11746">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11342</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2016 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 36-page guide,&#160;Developing Materials for Deliberative Forums, was written by Brad Rourke and published 2014 on the Kettering Foundation site. In the guide, Rourke shares all the elements needed to design an issue guide to better inform participants during deliberation. An issue guide lays out multiple sides of a subject/issue to give participants tools to engage in more informed deliberation, the guide then offers examples of the options, as well as, drawbacks to each one. There is no one perfect way to develop an issue [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11342">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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