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		<title>Coming to America: Who Should We Welcome, What Should We Do? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2018 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 23-page issue guide, Coming to America: Who Should We Welcome, What Should We Do?&#160;was published in January 2018 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 current immigration to the US. The issue guide is available to download for free on NIFI&#8217;s site&#160;here&#160;and is also available in Spanish here, and there is a post-forum questionnaire for both languages. From NIFI&#8230; The immigration issue affects virtually every American, directly or indirectly, often in deeply [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/12096">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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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>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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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>Future Possibilities for Civil Rights Policy (IF Discussion Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11987</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jan 2018 14:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 32-page discussion guide,&#160;Future Possibilities for Civil Rights Policy,&#160;was published by&#160;Interactivity Foundation&#160;in May 2011 and edited by Suzanne Goodney Lea. For this discussion guide, participants consider what does a civil right actually mean and then explore the&#160;policy directions that will redefine civil rights over the next few decades. The guide is available in both English and Spanish. 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; We hear a lot about civil rights. [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11987">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Land of Plenty: How Should We Ensure that People Have the Food They Need? (NIFI Issue Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11870</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 13:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 25-page issue guide, Land of Plenty: How Should We Ensure that People Have the Food They Need?,&#160;was published June 2017 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 inequities within the current food system and how to create a world where all people have the food they need to thrive.&#160;The issue guide is available to download for free on NIFI&#8217;s site&#160;here,&#160;where you can also find a post-forum questionnaire. From NIFI&#8230; All of [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11870">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Global Responsibility for Children (IF Discussion Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11864</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jul 2017 14:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 20-page discussion guide, Global Responsibility for Children,&#160;was published by&#160;Interactivity Foundation&#160;in 2015 and edited by Mark Notturno. For this discussion guide, IF brought together [in video conference] panelists from 14 different countries to explore what is means to take responsibility for children and what would policies can be put in place that would uphold this task.&#160;Below is an excerpt of the guide, which can be downloaded as a PDF for free from IF&#8217;s site&#160;here. From the introduction&#8230; Children are, almost by definition, the most vulnerable [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11864">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the Goals of Deliberation Seriously: A Differentiated View on Equality and Equity in Deliberative Designs and Processes</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11816</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2017 13:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 20-page article,&#160;Taking the Goals of Deliberation Seriously: A Differentiated View on Equality and Equity in Deliberative Designs and Processes&#160;(2016), was written by Edana Beauvais and Andre Baechtiger, and&#160;published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 12: Iss. 2. The article reviews the goals of healthy deliberative systems and the different designs of civic forums, including participant recruitment, nature of interaction, and decision-making.&#160;The authors reviews research which shows evidence that the design of a deliberative system affects its outcomes and goals. Read an excerpt of the [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11816">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Family (IF Discussion Guide)</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11746</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2017 00:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 48-page discussion guide,&#160;The Future of Family, was edited by Jeff Prudhomme and Jack Byrd, and published from Interactivity Foundation in the fall 2013. This guide explores the evolving ways in which families are shaped, and takes &#160;into consideration how to shape policy with the varying ways in which family is defined. In this guide are nine contrasting public policy options concerning the family unit for participants to explore regarding how policy questions and concerns. You can view the discussion guide in full on IF&#8217;s [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11746">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Affinity Groups, Enclave Deliberation, and Equity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 42-page article, Affinity Groups, Enclave Deliberation, and Equity (2016), was written by Carolyne Abdullah, Christopher Karpowitz, and Chad Raphael, and&#160;published in the&#160;Journal of Public Deliberation: Vol. 12: Iss. 2. The article provides evidence&#160;for the practice of holding enclaves for marginalized groups within dialogue and deliberation processes, as part of a larger conversation. They have found that by creating space within affinity groups for enclaves to dialogue; processes are more inclusive,&#160;participatory, and democratic. The authors show several ways in which enclave groups can be used [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11734">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Wise Democracy Project</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11676</link>
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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>Practicing Civic Courage in Our Time</title>
		<link>http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11670</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2017 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Keiva Hummel]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The article,&#160;Practicing Civic Courage in Our Time,&#160;was written Martha McCoy and published February 2017 on Everyday Democracy&#8217;s site. In the article, McCoy shares different ways in which to have more civic courage by reaching in, reaching out, and creating spaces for democratic participation. &#160;You can find the full article below, as well as, on directly from Everyday Democracy&#8217;s site here. From Everyday Democracy&#8230; The day after the election, we shared a piece by our board member Peter Levine, in which he called for civic courage. [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/rc/item/11670">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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