You can watch the video recording of the A Public Voice 2019 event that was held May 9, 2019 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. The program begins at about 16:30 in the video recording.

At this May 9, 2019 event National Issues Forums (NIF) moderators, analysts of forum outcomes, and members of the policy community talked about public deliberation; how that public thinking differs from the "public opinion" usually available to policymakers; and what public thinking has emerged to date from NIF forums on political division, among other issues.

Charles T. Moses, director of the Stillman Accelerated Management Program (STAMP), and John Doble, a Kettering Foundation associate since 1981 moderated the two-hour panel discussion which also featured a welcome and opening remarks by John Dedrick, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Kettering Foundation, and closing remarks by David Mathews, president and chief executive officer of the Kettering Foundation. Kara Dillard, Common Ground for Action (CGA) operations and moderator training specialist for the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) presented information about the CGA online forums and lead the online and participant question and answer portion of the event.

The panelists (at the event and online) included: James P. (Ike) Adams, dean emeritus of the University of Kentucky's College of Social Work; Elaine Baker, professor emerita at Albany State University; Stacy Palmer Barton, a congressional chief of staff for nearly 15 years; Nick Bush, deputy chief of staff and legislative director for US Representative Steve Stivers (OH); Andrea Christells, founder of Sedona Philosophy, a program that uses the natural environment of Sedona's Red Rock State Park in Sedona, Arizona; Heidi Dobish, associate professor of psychology and acting dean of students at Shepherd University; Gregg Kaufman, who served for 30 years as a Lutheran pastor and for 10 years on the faculty of Georgia College & State University; Tamera Luzzatto, senior vice president at the Pew Charitable Trusts; Michael Neblo, associate professor of political science, philosophy, and public policy at The Ohio State University; Glenn Nye, president and chief executive officer of the Center for the Study of the Presidency & Congress in Washington, DC; and Jule Zimet, chief executive officer of Daniel's Moving and Storage and chair of the Paso del Norte National Issues Forums (NIF), and as executive producer of NIF on KCOS public television, El Paso, Texas.

Click here to read more about the A Public Voice annual program.