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1. Civic Engagement and Recent Immigrant Communities
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... work best for their community. Supported by a grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the guide will be used as part of NLC's Municipal Action for Immigrant Integration project. The guide is available ...
2. Creating Spaces for Change
(Headlines/U.S. News)
... explains some of the tensions and opportunities facing this emerging field, and provides recommendations for funders and other leaders. It raises up the area of shared interest that both community organizers ...
3. Launching the DDC Channel
(About Us/Deliberative Democracy General)
Were you aware that toddlers have cogent opinions about Habermas? Did you know that the most intractable community conflicts occur between fencers and hockey players? Did you realize that the lollipop ...
... (For a brief, humorous video describing this transition, click here). We are learning a great deal from this work. Academics, civic activists, public engagement practitioners, community organizers, public ...
5. Funding Local Democracy
(Resources/Member Contributions)
The DDC has worked with PACE (Philanthropy for Active Civic Engagement) to develop "Funding and Fostering Local Democracy," a guide designed to help the philanthropic community grapple with the question ...
6. Community Engagement and Economic Growth
(The Democracy Movement/General)
There is a strong connection between the way people feel about their community and the economic vitality of that city or town - this is one of the key findings of an important new study, "Soul of the Community," ...
7. CaliforniaSpeaks report
(The Democracy Movement/Knowledge Building)
... effects on participants, Harder + Company Community Research evaluated the effects on policymakers, and Harbage Consulting weighed the impacts on policy outcomes. The full report is available at the AmericaSpeaks ...
8. "No Better Time" report released
(Headlines/U.S. News)
In July 2009, more than 250 campus and community leaders came together at the University of New Hampshire to talk about the “deliberative democracy” field, the tide of civic change on campuses and in communities, ...
9. A Democracy Agenda for Obama
(Headlines/U.S. News)
... democracy, and community development, have produced a set of recommendations for federal policy in civic engagement. The Strengthening Our Nation's Democracy report includes proposals for executive orders, ...
10. Online Deliberative Democracy
(About Us/Task Groups)
... for federal government managers to cultivate a community of practice through online knowledge sharing and networking. The Deliberative Democracy Handbook Online is a section of the d-d.net website dedicated ...
11. Democracy Helpline
(Initiatives/Projects - General)
... be an unprecedented resource that people will be able to access by phone or on the Internet. Community stories will be the essence of the Helpline: the most valuable way to inspire and prepare new organizers ...
12. Diers on neighborhood problem-solving
(The Democracy Movement/Knowledge Building)
... their block. Government and other agencies can help to build community capacity by operating in ways that are neighbourhood-focused, strength-based, and community driven.” The Community’s Role in Addressing ...
13. America Wants National Discussions
(The Democracy Movement/AmericaSpeaks)
... to earn tuition money by completing a year of national or community service 80% of the American public favor holding a national deliberation on a major issue and requiring Congress to respond to what ...
14. Promise and Challenge of Neighborhood Democracy
(The Democracy Movement/Knowledge Building)
The DDC, Grassroots Grantmakers, and NeighborWorks America are pleased to announce the release of "The Promise and Challenge of Neighborhood Democracy: Lessons from the Intersection of Government and Community." ...
15. Conference on Online Deliberation
(Headlines/U.S. News)
... third Conference on Online Deliberation. The joint conference is intended to provide a platform and a forum for highlighting socio-technological opportunities, challenges, and pitfalls in the area of community ...
16. The Next Form of Democracy
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... BY U.S. SENATOR BILL BRADLEY: “In 1995, I learned firsthand about an idea that was stirring among public officials and community organizers across America. Shortly after O.J. Simpson's acquittal, Los ...
17. Thrilling Show of People Power
(Resources/Member Contributions)
... could flourish around the clock as a fully human community, wedded to Battery Park City and Tribeca, with new schools, cultural facilities, shops and restaurants. It must be more than a place to stack ...
... supporting it. However, if the public could identify a public problem together (naming) and then discuss choices on how to solve the particular problem (framing), then the likelihood of greater community ...
... a sector of the community or whether they have specialised expertise on the issue. The introduction of new players to the policy debate, particularly in terms of their representativeness and legitimacy, ...
... of seventy communities, citizens gather each year in a public assembly to discuss their priorities for municipal investments in their community. These citizen gatherings in turn elect delegates from each ...
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Deliberative Democracy Handbook

The Deliberative Democracy Handbook is the first book to bring together the best practices and thinkin on deliberative citizen participation processes. Deliberative democracy is the nationwide movement to make citizen participation meaningful and effective. Learn more...

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Change Handbook

In a completely revised and updated second edition, lead authors Peggy Holman, Tom Devane, and Steven Cady profile sixty-one change methods--up from eighteen in the first edition. Nineteen of these methods are explored in depth, with case studies, answers to frequently asked questions, and details on the roles and responsibilities of the people involved, conditions for success, and more. Learn more...

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The Next Form of Democracy

Beneath the national radar, the relationship between citizens and government is undergoing a dramatic shift. The stories of civic experiments in "The Next Form of Democracy: How Expert Rule Is Giving Way to Shared Governance -- and Why Politics Will Never Be the Same" by DDC Executive Director Matt Leighninger show us the realpolitik of deliberative democracy, and illustrate how the evolution of democracy is already reshaping politics. Learn more...

Democracy Helpline


Deliberative Democracy HelplineThe growth of democratic governance has been a grassroots phenomenon. The promise of the Democracy Helpline, a project of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and its Partners, is to enable a broader array of people to make use of these powerful democratic strategies and principles. Learn more...