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		<title>Promoting Mental Health in Community (IF Discussion Report)</title>
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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>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>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>The Truth Telling Project</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11194</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2016 13:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Truth Telling Project is a&#160;grassroots, community-based truth telling process that is designed to share the stories of Black people in the US and their experiences with police violence; and to address the legacies of racism in the US against Black people. The Truth Telling Project arose after the murder of Michael Brown and the lack of indictment of the police officer in his murder. It is a collaborative effort&#160;between &#8220;the Peace and Justice Studies Association, The Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies at [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11194">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Turning To Each Other</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11170</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2016 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article,&#160;Turning To Each Other, was written by Parisa Parsa and published July 2016 on Public Conversations Project blog. In the article, Parsa discusses the need to not be a neutral party within this society because it furthers the injustices of this world. Instead she offers the alternative of multi-partiality, to not remain neutral and both hold one&#8217;s own opinion while also being able to hold alternatives perspectives, even if they differ dramatically. The dialogue and deliberation field very often is a vehicle through which [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11170">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Our Differences Do Not Have To Become Our Divisions</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11161</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jul 2016 13:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article, Our Differences Do Not Have To Become Our Divisions, was written by Jessica DeBruin and posted June 20, 2016 on Everyday Democracy&#8216;s site. DeBruin wrote this article in memory of the 49 victims from the Orlando massacre at Pulse nightclub, an LGBTQIA club. In the article, DeBruin shares her experience as a queer person in the aftermath of the massacre and calls for the urgent need to improve&#160;the civic process by demanding the need to ensure the voices of marginalized folks are at [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11161">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Compost of Disagreement: Creating Safe Spaces for Engagement and Action</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11116</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 6-page article, The Compost of Disagreement: Creating Safe Spaces for Engagement and Action&#160;(2014),&#160;by Michele Holt-Shannon and Bruce Mallory,&#160;was&#160;published in&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 10: Iss. 1. The authors describe the experience coordinating the New Hampshire Listens campaign to address the growing concern around aggressive and combative&#160;many public events were becoming from mid-1990s and on. Over years of experience, they found that the more diverse and varied the participants and experiences, the richer the conversation that would emerge. And in order to do so, it [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11116">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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