E-News from Everyday Democracy (formerly the Study Circular)
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Create a discussion guide on the Issue Guide Exchange using the "Create Guide" feature. Do you have a problem in your community that you would like to discuss with residents and public leaders? Do you have discussion materials to talk about that problem?
If not, stop by the Issue Guide Exchange! It's a place where people can create, share and talk about discussion materials. The Exchange has guides from local dialogue-to-change efforts and leading civic engagement and deliberative dialogue organizations, including AmericaSpeaks, Choices Program, Public Agenda, and Public Conversations Project.
Join Everyday Democracy on Tues., Sept.30 at 2 p.m. EST for a 30-minute webinar tour of the Issue Guide Exchange. Register today!
Need help with your dialogue-to-change effort?
Organizing a dialogue-to-change program? Trying to write a discussion guide? Recruiting facilitators and participants? Join our discussion forum to get help from Everyday Democracy!
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My experience facilitating a dialogue on racism
In an Everyday Democracy podcast interview, Kirsten Parker-Smith, a probation officer in Lynchburg, Va., talks about her experience facilitating a dialogue in the city's "Many Voices-One Community" dialogue-to-change program on racism.
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A must-have resource this election season: A "Voter's Survival Kit"
Get the facts this election season by downloading Public Agenda's "Voter's Survival Kit," a comprehensive resource offering discussion materials on today's top issues, such as the economy, Iraq, healthcare, immigration, climate change, and taxes.
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Join conference on "Creating Cultures of Collaboration"
Join the 4th National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation on Oct.3-5, in Austin, Texas, and meet and learn from hundreds of people who are dedicated to solving problems through dialogue and action.
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Bringing change through conversation
Chattanooga, Tenn., begins planning its "Everyday Democracy" program this fall to bring people together in dialogue about the city's future.
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Communities take on poverty this fall
Fifteen South Dakota communities are joining the Horizons program, an initiative involving seven other states in the northwest to talk about poverty and find ways to reduce it.
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The little town that could
After years of facing a declining population, Melstone, Montana, is revitalizing its city by drawing more residents, creating a youth and senior center, and beautifying the community.
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Support Everyday Democracy with a donation
If you’re reading this e-newsletter, there’s a good chance that you’re a fan of Everyday Democracy and would like to support the work we do to help communities around the country organize dialogue-to-change efforts. Well, now you can!
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Everyday Democracy (formerly the Study Circles Resource Center) is a national organization that helps communities find ways for all kinds of people to think, talk and work together to solve problems. We work with neighborhoods, cities and towns, regions, and states, helping them pay particular attention to how racism and ethnic differences affect the problems they address. Created in 1989 by The Paul J. Aicher Foundation, Everyday Democracy has worked with more than 550 communities nationwide on many different public issues.
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