Meet this year's recipients of the Libby Kingseed Teaching with Deliberation Memorial Awards, Amy Nocton and Michael Cruse.

kimpearce@aol.comIn myriad ways, this has been an unprecedented year.  As I write this in mid-November, new Covid cases are increasing in every State in the U.S. and in many countries around the world.  Schools around the world have had to adopt new, and in many cases unprecedented, practices, including complete or hybrid online teaching and learning.  And yet, even in these most challenging of times, there are examples of teachers and schools continuing to use deliberative practices.

An October 26, 2020 article by the Christian Science Monitor's Editorial Board describes advice that the Rand think tank gave in response to a request from California to help prevent 2020 election interference by Russia.

Applications are now being accepted (deadline is November 30, 2020) from individuals who are interested in being considered to receive a Taylor L. Willingham Legacy Fund grant. Grants are provided to individuals to enable them to develop an understanding of deliberative democracy and launch one or more deliberative dialogues in their communities and organizations in order to advance NIFI's overall mission, which is to promote public deliberation about national issues.