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  • Join an online forum

Register to Join an Online Forum - November and December Dates Available

Oct 22, 2018 By National Issues... 0 Comments
  • Join an online forum

The Kettering Foundation (KF) and the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) are convening online Common Ground for Action(CGA) forums in September and October — these are great opportunities to share with people you’d like to experience a deliberative forum: teachers who might want to use deliberation in the classroom, partners on an issue who are new to forums.  Please share this post widely with your networks and on social media. 

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  • We art exhibit

The Politics of Thanksgiving - Art Exhibit and Deliberative Forum Will be Part of Examination of "The History of the United States Through the Lens of Thanksgiving"

Oct 12, 2018 By National Issues... 0 Comments
  • We art exhibit

A deliberative public forum about the issue of immigration will be included in the programming planned as part of an art exhibit at the Russell Library at the University of Georgia. The art exhibit, We: American Thanksgiving Conflict and Communion will feature the work of two artists; sculptor and potter Micaela Hobbs, and painter Jennifer Niswonger.

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  • online forums
  • Common Ground for Action

Coming in September and October - Register to Join an Online Forum or a Moderator Practice Session

Sep 19, 2018 By National Issues... 0 Comments
  • online forums
  • Common Ground for Action

The Kettering Foundation (KF) and the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) are convening online Common Ground for Action (CGA) forums in September and October — these are great opportunities to share with people you’d like to experience a deliberative forum: teachers who might want to use deliberation in the classroom, partners on an issue who are new to forums.  Please share this post widely with your networks and on social media. 

Register below to participate in any of the following CGA forums.

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  • Jacksonville forum
  • Gregg Kaufman
  • Anna Brosche

In Jacksonville, Florida, Public Deliberations Help Inform Plans to Deal with Monuments and Memorials

Jul 09, 2018 By National Issues... 0 Comments
  • Jacksonville forum
  • Gregg Kaufman
  • Anna Brosche

Last month, veteran National Issues Forums (NIF) convener and moderator, Gregg Kaufman reported on a 16-forum public engagement project in the Jacksonville, Florida area, during February and March, 2018. The project was intended to help people in the community talk about Jacksonville's history, and to deliberate about the best way to deal with controversial statues and monuments in the area.

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