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		<title>A Note from John Gastil, NCDD 2014 Co-Emcee</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before our wonderful community starts arriving in droves for NCDD 2014, we wanted to make sure you all see&#160;a message from our &#160;co-emcee, John Gastil. NCDD has inspired John to complete revisions on his best-selling book on democratic methods, and he&#8217;s using it to help NCDD continue our work. Read more about it below, and we&#8217;ll see in Reston this week! Serving as co-emcee of the NCDD conference spurred me to bring to the finish line a project three-years in the making. I&#8217;ve brought into [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/16583?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=a-note-from-john-gastil-ncdd-2014-co-emcee">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Parker Palmer’s book “Healing the Heart of Democracy” now out in paperback</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of NCDD&#8217;s&#160;most well-known and well-loved members, Parker Palmer, alerted me today that one of his newest books, Healing the Heart of Democracy, is soon to be available in paperback. Here&#8217;s what U.S. Congressman John Lewis, had to say about the book: &#8220;We have been trying to bridge the great divides in this great country for a long time. In this book, Parker J. Palmer urges us to &#8216;keep on walking, keep on talking&#8217;&#8212;just as we did in the civil rights movement&#8212;until we cross those [&#8230;] <a href="http://ncdd.org/15896?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=parker-palmers-book-healing-the-heart-of-democracy-now-out-in-paperback">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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