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		<title>The Wise Democracy Project</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2017 13:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wise Democracy Project was initiated by Tom Atlee of the Co-Intelligence Institute with impetus and tremendous help from Martin Rausch in Switzerland, between July 2016 and March 2017. The Wise Democracy Project has been created to inspire the formation of a community of practice around approaches and innovations that can further the development of a democratic system capable of generating wise public policy and collective activities. &#8220;Wise&#8221; in this context means taking into account what needs to be taken into account for long-term broad [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11676">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Equity in School Forums: An Interview with John Landesman</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 13:30:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 14-page article, Equity in School Forums: An Interview with John Landesman (2016),&#160;was written by Carolyne Abdullah, Christopher Karpowitz, and Chad Raphael, and published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 12: Iss. 2. In the article, the authors interview Landesman of Everyday Democracy to share his experience working to address the barriers within the Montgomery County Study Circles Program, which he helped to coordinate. Landesman clarifies the importance between equality and equity; and how these play out when designing a process to effective address the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11646">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How are WE Doing? A Public Engagement Evaluation Platform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In June 2016, the Davenport Institute&#160;released,&#160;How are WE Doing? A Public Engagement Evaluation Platform, which was&#160;designed for public leaders to evaluate their public engagement processes and/or apply to be recognized as a &#8220;publicly engaged city&#8221; on a silver, gold, or platinum level. The Davenport Institute offers support to officials looking to engage their public better; and offer training and resources to help improve this process. Below describes how the platform works, the way it was designed, and the support provided by the Davenport Institute. You [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11614">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Shaping Our Towns and Cities (IF Discussion Guide)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 40-page discussion guide, Shaping Our Towns and Cities, was published by the Interactivity Foundation in 2014 and edited by Jeff Prudhomme. &#160;The guide offers seven contrasting public policies to consider when shaping our towns and cities. These policies are broad approaches on how to design our communities; and while not exhaustive, these are mean to provide a starting point for creating public policy that supports thriving communities. You can view the discussion guide in full on IF&#8217;s site and it can also be downloaded [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11595">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>When is Deliberation Democratic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 14-page article, When is Deliberation Democratic?, was written by David Moscrop and Mark Warren, and&#160;published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 12: Iss. 2. In the article, the authors theorize on how deliberative democracy operates in relation to equality and equity. They lift up two features that are of particular importance to pre-deliberative democracy: popular participation and agenda-setting, that must be paid attention to by theorist and practitioners. Deliberative democratic processes shape and are shaped by these two features, popular participation- how people show [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11549">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Guide to Participatory Budgeting in Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 57-page guide,&#160;A Guide to Participatory Budgeting in Schools, was a project of the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP)&#160;and&#160;published in 2016. The guide&#8217;s curriculum design was created by Valeria Mogilevich, with project support by Melissa Appleton and Maria Hadden of PBP. This thorough guide gives details for implementing&#160;a participatory budgeting process within schools. Participatory budgeting is a process where people decide where to spend a portion of a budget by engaging their community- or in this case- their school, and vote on projects to make final [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11255">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Community Engagement Brings a Spark to City Revitalization Efforts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 19:30:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article,&#160;Community Engagement Brings a Spark to City Revitalization Efforts, was published on Everyday Democracy&#8216;s website in October 2015. This article discusses the revitalization process that has been growing in Oakland, PA., due to the commitment of its community and the Oakland Planning Development Corp (OPDC). OPDC engaged local residents via community conversations, to develop a long term master plan, that is already creating change within the Oakland neighborhood and continues to develop throughout 2025. Below is an excerpt of the article and you can [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10751">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Democratic Rules of Order: Easy-to-use rules for meetings of any size</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2015 14:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 72-page book, Democratic Rules of Order: Easy-to-use rules for meetings of any size (2010),&#160;by Fred Francis and Peg Francis, gives straight-forward rules of order for running meetings. Democratic Rules of Order demonstrate that efficient, democratic decision-making is a simple and natural process. Meetings that are governed by straightforward rules enable the Chair and the participants to focus on issues without being preoccupied with the rules. Within the simple meeting structure prescribed,&#160;members reach agreements more quickly and easily and ultimately, make better decisions. This book [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/10343">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Protecting Essential Infrastructure in Alaska</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 13:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This four-page case study (2014) from The Intersector Project about how&#160;cross-sector collaboration was used to create the&#160;Alaska Partnership for Infrastructure Protection (APIP) to protect essential infrastructure in Alaska. From the Intersector Project Alaska&#8217;s vast size, sparse population, and difficult terrain makes communication and transportation across the state a challenge. Its regional isolation also leaves many Alaskans dependent on limited supply chains for crucial commodities. As a result of growing concerns over potentially hazardous disruptions to Alaska&#8217;s critical infrastructure, whether man-made or natural, the State of [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9603">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building Healthy &amp; Vibrant Communities: Achieving Results through Community Engagement (ILG)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9644</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2015 13:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This pamphlet from Institute for Local Government,&#160;Building Healthy &#38; Vibrant Communities: Achieving Results through Community Engagement,&#160;highlights information for public engagement in land use planning. The pamphlet reviews: What is Land Use Planning, Who is Involved, Why Community Engagement Matters and How to Engage. Download the pamphlet here. About the Institute for Local Government The Institute for Local Government is the nonprofit research education affiliate of the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties. Its mission is to promote good government at [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/9644">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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