The National Issues Forums network participants include an array of civic, educational and professional groups, organizations, and individuals that promote nonpartisan public deliberation in communities across the country. Within this network are organizations and institutions that provide organized workshops to help people develop understanding and skills for the purpose of convening and moderating National Issues Forums.
Veronica Adams-Cooper
Center for Public Deliberation and Engagement
Vineyarrrd Healing
230 S. Jackson Street, Ste. 244
Phone:(229) 317-2274 info@vineyarrrd.org www.vineyarrrd.org
HAWAII
Dolores Foley
Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning
University of Hawaii
(808) 956-2780 Dolores@hawaii.edu
ILLINOIS
Cynthia Johnson
Community Development Specialist
Community Development
College of DuPage
(630) 942-3872 johnsncg@cdnet.cod.edu
Michael D'Innocenzo
Department of History
Hofstra University
(516) 463-5606 hismzd@hofstra.edu
NORTH CAROLINA
Sylvia H. Pate, Director
Regional Center for Economic
Community & Professional Development
The University of North Carolina at Pembroke
(910) 775-4000 sylvia.pate@uncp.edu
OHIO
Kim Sebaly, Ph.D.
College of Education
Kent State University
(330-672=0603 ksebaly@kent.edu
David S. Stein
Workforce Development and Education
The Ohio State University
Ph: 614-292-0988 stein.1@osu.edu
OKLAHOMA
Renee Daugherty
Oklahoma Partnership for Public Deliberation
Oklahoma State University
(405) 744-6231 renee.daugherty@okstate.edu
OREGON
Neal Naigus
Portland Community College
(503) 977-4122 nnaigus@pcc.edu
PENNSYLVANIA
Harris J. Sokoloff
Center for School Study Councils at the Graduate School of Education
(215) 898-7371 harriss@gse.upenn.edu
Bill DiMascio
Pennsylvania Prison Society
(215) 564-6005 ex113 wd@ix.netcom.com
Windy Lawrence
Associate Professor Communication
Dept. of Arts & Humanities
University of Houston-Downtown
(713) 221-8472 lawrencew@uhd.edu
UTAH
Jeffrey Nielsen, Director
The Utah Institute for Public Deliberation: Seeking Civility through Dialogue
Utah Humanities Council
(801-226-9056) jnielsen@westministercollege.edu
