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Taking
Democracy to Scale | Bulletin No.
2, May 31,
2002
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[There
are four items in this week’s
bulletin]
Dear
folks,
Incredibly, June and
the joy of summer are almost upon us. There are few important streams of
work continuing out of Taking
Democracy to Scale that I want to
be sure you are abreast of, and involved
in.
1 | Online
Conference Follow-up Site is Now
Active
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We want YOUR participation! By now, you should have received your user
name and password [please
contact Peter Ladd at
<pladd@groupjazz.com>
if you have
not].
Several of the Work Group discussions have been active, and I want to encourage
each of you to be involved.
If you have not had the opportunity, please visit the site
at:
<http://groupjazz.gjhost.com/gj23-login>
After checking in at the Big Tent, move into your discussion table and help move
the conversation toward actionable items that, as a group, we can help
implement.
To help bring
participants into the conversations, Work Group/Table facilitators will be
organizing telephone conference calls during the first week of June. You
will hear from your Work Group/Table facilitator to coordinate a time by
Tuesday, June 4.
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| Consortium Group and
deliberative-democracy.net
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To promote thought and practice in the field of Deliberative Democracy, the
Consortium Group has built <http://deliberative-democracy.net>. This
site is features timely writing on theory and practice within the field, and
hosts a calendar of events that users may update at any
time.
A shout out to Chris
Kelley, Research Fellow at the Kettering Foundation for being the first to
contribute to d-d.net by sharing his reflection on the conference
online.
Submit your
‘think piece’ of 2,500 words or less to:
<editor@deliberative-democracy.net>
Register to use the interactive calendar and promote your work within the field
at:
<http://deliberative-democracy.net/cgi-local/calendar/calendar.html
We have also added a general discussion board for freethinking and the exchange
of random thoughts on the future of Deliberative Democracy
at:
<http://www.deliberative-democracy.net/wwwboard/wwwboard.html>
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| Inclusion and Diversity
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The Consortium Group has begun outreach to local and national organizations that
promote dialogue and civic engagement within America’s diverse
communities. Please email your recommendation of leaders within the field
to whom we should reach out.
Send thoughts to
<lhtorres@americaspeaks.org>
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| e-the People and Study Circles to host eConference on Democratic
Renewal
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Study
Circles Resource Center and e-thePeople.org
present:
Democratic
Renewal
What can we do to make
our democracy work better?
A
national online dialogue beginning June 17,
2002
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The
Democratic Renewal eConference kicks off a national discussion on the
importance, challenges and signs of hope in efforts to strengthen our
democracy.
Over the course of
six weeks, participants examine new research and current events through the lens
of people who are concerned about the health of our
democracy:
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Why are people
concerned about the way our democracy works? How do different types of people
understand the challenges facing our democracy, and what solutions do they
offer?
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How do theories
about democratic participation inform real-world efforts to solve public
problems? How does practice inform
theory?
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How are our hopes
and concerns about democracy changing in light of current events, such as the
war on terrorism, police-community tension and efforts to improve
education?
As an online
discussion, the eConference allows for new types of interactions among
participants with a range of experience, from theorists to practitioners,
experts to concerned citizens. Different than a "chat", the eConference uses
public deliberation software to encourage a thoughtful and respectful exchange
of ideas
visit
<http://www.studycircles.org/pages/econference.html> for further
detail.
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