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		<title>The Mediated Town Halls of the Eastern Cape (Connections 2016)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The eight-page article, &#8220;The Mediated Town Halls of the Eastern Cape&#8221; by Rod Amner was&#160;published in&#160;Kettering Foundation&#8216;s 2016 edition of their annual newsletter,&#160;Connections &#8211; Kettering&#8217;s Multinational Research. In the fourth article of the newsletter, Amner discusses the ways in which public engagement has been transforming in the Eastern Cape of South Africa, focusing on the ways in which journalism outlets have facilitated engagement spaces with the community to better amplify the voices of the people.&#160;Below is an excerpt from the article and Connections 2016 is [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/12166">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2016 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From AllSides&#8230; Unlike regular news services, AllSides exposes bias and provides multiple angles on the same story so you can quickly get the full picture, not just one slant. At AllSides, we believe the way society gets its news and information affects the world around us. And lately it hasn&#8217;t been going well. News, social media and even search results have dramatically changed in the last several years, becoming so narrowly filtered, biased and personalized that we are becoming less informed and less tolerant of [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11480">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Divisive Discourse: The Extreme Rhetoric of Contemporary American Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2016 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 258-page book, Divisive Discourse: The Extreme Rhetoric of Contemporary American Politics,&#160;by Joseph Zompetti was published January 2015. In the book, he discusses the extreme rhetoric that currently prevails in American political discourse and its subsequent effects on people to disengage and the political environment to become polarized.&#160;Zompetti shares insight into this toxic political environment, sheds light on the extreme rhetorical practices performed in US politics, and offers critical thinking skills for people to better participate despite this. Below is an excerpt from the book [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11270">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>
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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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		<title>The Reunited States of America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2016 16:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 192-page book by Mark Gerzon,&#160;The Reunited States of America:&#160;How We Can Bridge the Partisan Divide, was&#160;published February 2016. This book is a manifesto on how to bridge the political divide in America, during a time when the political environment is deeply poisoned. Gerzon shares the experiences of 40 individuals and organizations that are already doing the work of finding common ground, and working together around challenging and divisive issues. Here you will find a toolkit to join&#160;the emerging movement towards a transpartisan political environment [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11071">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching Out Across the Red-Blue Divide, One Person at a Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The four-page conversation guide,&#160;Reaching Out Across the Red-Blue Divide, One Person at a Time (2009), was&#160;written by Maggie Herzig from Public Conversations Project. This useful guide provides a framework for navigating highly polarized conversations and includes several starter questions to help keep the dialogue open.&#160;Read the intro to the guide below and download the PDF, as well as, find the original guide on PCP&#8217;s blog here. From the guide&#8230; What this guide offers This guide offers a step-by-step approach to inviting one other person&#8212;someone whose [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10346">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Transpartisan Listserv</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandy Heierbacher]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Transpartisan Listserv was launched in March 2014 by the National Coalition for Dialogue &#38; Deliberation, Mediators Foundation, and over a dozen co-founders who are leaders in political bridge building work. The purpose of this moderated listserv is to introduce potential colleagues to one another, to expand our knowledge of transpartisan theory and practice, and to showcase ongoing activity in the transpartisan field. Our goal&#160;is to provide a simple, safe communication channel where individuals and organizations that are active in this boundary-crossing work can connect [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8770">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coping With the Cost of Health Care: How Do We Pay for What We Need? (NIF Issue Guide)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2013 11:47:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the National Issues Forums Institute&#8217;s issue guides, Coping With the Cost of Health Care: How Do We Pay for What We Need? outlines this public issue and several choices or approaches to addressing the issue. National Issues Forums do not advocate a specific solution or point of view, but provide citizens the opportunity to consider a broad range of choices, weigh the pros and cons of those options, and meet with each other in a public dialogue to identify the concerns they hold ... <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/8258">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Political Fix: How Do We Get American Politics Back on Track? (NIF Issue Guide)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jul 2013 03:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the National Issues Forums Institute&#8217;s issue guides, Political Fix: How Do We Get American Politics Back on Track?&#160;outlines this critical public issue and several choices or approaches to addressing the issue. National Issues Forums do not advocate a specific solution or point of view, but provide citizens the opportunity to consider a broad range of choices, weigh the pros and cons of those options, and meet with each other in a public dialogue to identify the concerns they hold in common. From the ... <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/7833">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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