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		<title>Summer Peacebuilding Institute Scholarship Deadline: 1/31</title>
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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>NCDD Donations Matched Tomorrow on Giving Tuesday!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Courtney Breese]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week is Giving Tuesday, a day of giving back to the organizations that give to our communities year-round. We at the National Coalition for Dialogue &#38; Deliberation (NCDD) ask you to consider supporting our coalition&#8217;s work to bring more valuable conversations to communities across the country and the world. We work to&#160;increase access to resources for dialogue, deliberation, participatory democracy, and more. Our purpose is to foster connections between individuals and organizations passionate about having more informed and productive conversations; strengthening relationships in order [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30614">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MANY New Job &amp; Internship Opportunities in the D&amp;D Field</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/30524</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are LOTS of new jobs and internships related to dialogue, deliberation, civic tech, and public engagement work! Including two special opportunities to work with NCDD Co-Founder Sandy Heierbacher who is now working with Everyday Democracy, and they looking for a Director of Communications and Community Organizer &#8211; check it out! We work to stay up on the most recent opportunities and send them out via the NCDD Making-A-Living listserv. While the Making-A-Living listserv is a benefit of being an NCDD member, we have been [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30524">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Collaboratory Accepting Applications Until July 1st</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/29932</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For younger folks excited to build their civic power, Citizen University is accepting applications for their 2020 Youth Collaboratory cohort! The Youth Collaboratory is an exciting opportunity for 24 high school sophomores and juniors, who are passionate about civic engagement, to join this year-long program to strengthen civic literacy and network with civic leaders. Applications are due Monday, July 1st &#8211; so make sure to share with your networks and submit applications ASAP. You can read more about the Youth Collaboratory and how to apply [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/29932">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Participedia.net Launches New Website – Contribute Now!</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/29877</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2019 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The good folks at Participedia shared with us an exciting announcement &#8211; the launch of their newly revamped open collaboration website! The new Participedia.net site operates in a similar way as Wikipedia and is open for anyone to add resources related to civic engagement and democratic innovation. We encourage you to peruse the fresh site and contribute to it! You can read the announcement below and find the original version on Participedia&#8217;s Medium site here. And since we&#8217;re on the subject of collaborative efforts, we [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/29877">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Lots of New Jobs &amp; Internships in Dialogue &amp; Deliberation!</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/29843</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 May 2019 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that every week we compile the hottest new jobs and internships related to dialogue, deliberation, civic tech, and public engagement work?! We work to stay up on the most recent opportunities and send them out at the beginning of the week on our Making-A-Living listserv. While the Making-A-Living listserv is a benefit of being an NCDD member, we have been finding such a robust line-up of jobs and internships that we wanted to lift these up here on the blog.&#160;If you&#8217;d like [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/29843">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Jobs &amp; Internships in the Dialogue &amp; Deliberation Field</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/29520</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2019 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Celebrating Women Who Are Making Democracy Stronger</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/29416</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week marks the close of March and Women&#8217;s History Month, which is an intentional time to lift up the vital contributions women have given to history and society. It is in this spirit of celebration and honor, we share this piece from the Democracy Fund, Celebrating Women Who Are Making Democracy Stronger, written by Anne Gleich, Jessica Harris, and Jessica Mahone. The article offers an incredible list of phenomenal women across the nation working to improve our election systems, political representation, journalism, and who [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/29416">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Who Will You Invite? An Exploration of Stakeholder Selection in Dialogue and Deliberation</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/29232</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Annie Rappeport]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A NCDD Listserv synopsis of the conversation entitled: How to pick stakeholders for a stakeholder dialogue Listserv Contributors: Tom Altee, Adrian Segar, Peter Jones, Marjo Curgus, Peggy Holmes, Chris Santos-Lang, Betsy Morris, Eric Simley, and Sally Theilacker Synopsis by: Annie Rappeport, NCDD Intern &#8220;The approach to stakeholder selection is the most critical step in the design of fair and inclusive dialogues that reflect a community&#8217;s contributions and perspectives&#8221; ~ Peter Jones, NCDD Member In your dialogue and deliberation work do you find yourself struggling as [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/29232">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Online Roundup Feat Bridge Alliance and More!</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/28940</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2019 12:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[January is finishing strong with this fantastic line-up of D&#38;D online events! NCDDer&#160;Chris Santos-Lang let us know about his upcoming webinar on making research transparent that we encourage you to check out. There is a Common Ground for Action deliberation series&#160;running for three consecutive Saturdays from NCDD member&#160;National Issues Forums Institute,&#160;and more exciting webinars from NCDD member orgs,&#160;MetroQuest, Bridge Alliance, and&#160;Living Room Conversations! Do you have&#160;a webinar or other event coming up that you&#8217;d like to share with the NCDD network? Please let us know [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/28940">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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