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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2021 11:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Civic League, an NCDD member organization, released the National Civic Review (NCR) Summer 2021 edition and&#160; NCDD members receive a digital copy&#160;of NCR&#160;for&#160;free! (Find the access code below.). This esteemed quarterly journal offers insights and examples of civic engagement and deliberative governance from around the country. Thanks to Rebecca Trout, NCL&#8217;s Program Director for All-America City Award &#38; Communications, for sharing this announcement with the NCDD network! Friendly reminder that the League is always seeking articles for NCR on community-based examples of civic [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/32352">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2021 12:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Presidents&#8217; Day this coming Monday, we have some great reading for our network to dig into over this holiday weekend! The National Civic League, an NCDD member organization, released the 2020 Winter Edition of the National Civic Review (NCR) and&#160; NCDD members receive a digital copy of NCR&#160;for&#160;free! (Find the access code below.). This esteemed quarterly journal offers insights and examples of civic engagement and deliberative governance from around the country. Friendly reminder that the League is always seeking articles for NCR on community-based [&#8230;] <a href="https://ncdd.org/32044">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Civic Review Fall Edition Recently Released with Kettering Foundation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2020 12:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Read New 2020 Summer Edition of National Civic Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2020 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking to get some more civic reading under your belt, NCDD member org, The National Civic League, announced the release of the 2020 Summer Edition of the National Civic Review. This esteemed quarterly journal offers insights and examples of civic engagement and deliberative governance from around the country. Friendly reminder that NCDD members receive the digital copy&#160;of the&#160;National Civic Review&#160;for&#160;free! (Find the access code below.)&#160;We strongly encourage our members to check out this great resource and there is an open invite for [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/31411">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot off the digital press! NCDD member org, The National Civic League, just announced the release of the 2020 Winter Edition of the National Civic Review. This esteemed quarterly journal offers insights and examples on civic engagement and deliberative governance from around the country. Friendly reminder that&#160;NCDD members receive the digital copy&#160;of the&#160;National Civic Review&#160;for&#160;free! (Find the access code below.) We strongly encourage our members to check out this great resource and there is an open invite for NCDD members to contribute to the NCR. [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/30725">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>National Civic League Publishes New Edition of Civic Index</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2019 11:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the nation&#8217;s oldest civic engagement organizations, The National Civic League &#8211; also an NCDD member org, recently released the fourth edition of&#160;The Civic Index, a set of guidelines developed over the last 30 years to measure the civic capital of a community. Civic capital measures, &#8220;the formal and informal relationships, networks and capacities that communities use to make decisions collaboratively and solve problems&#8221; and The Civic Index offers the framework for assessing these factors and relationships to determine a community&#8217;s civic strength. You [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/29734">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of our new partnership with NCDD member org, The National Civic League, we are thrilled to announce that NCDD members will now have free access to the digital version of NCL&#8217;s National Civic Review! NCL is one of the longest running&#160;organizations in the dialogue, deliberation, and engagement world &#8211; celebrating their 125th year! This esteemed quarterly journal&#160;offers insights and examples on civic engagement and deliberative governance from around the country. We strongly encourage our members to check out this great resource and there [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/29011">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2018 12:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the third part of&#160;the&#160;Local Civic Challenge&#160;from by NCDD member, The Jefferson Center, they encourage folks to get ready for election season and offer some great resources to prepare. In June, JC had a mini-challenge every week for folks to be more engaged with their local democracy. This round connected folks about registering to vote and volunteering for elections. You can read the post below and find the original on the JC site here. Local Civic Challenge #3: Getting Ready for Election Season Maintaining the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/27222">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Local Civic Challenge #2: Explore Local Leadership Roles</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democracy is all about community members being engaged in their government, and learning more ways on how to deeper connect with your local politics. A great way to do this is to join the&#160;Local Civic Challenge started by NCDD member,The Jefferson Center, where during the month of June they offer a mini-challenge every week for folks to learn more about and engage with, their local government. This second installment of the Challenge offers ways to explore local leadership roles (you can read the first installment [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/27166">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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