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2017 Civic Learning & Democratic Engagement Meeting Featured Moderator Training and a Deliberation about Safety and Justice

  • American Democracy Project
  • Safety and Justice cover

The June 7-10, 2017 Civic Learning and Democratic Engagement Meeting featured a pre-conference moderator training meeting, and a subsequent deliberative forum using the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) issue guide titled Safety and Justice: How Should Communities Reduce Violence?  The conference was an initiative of the American Democracy Project, the Democracy Commitment, and the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA).

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A PUBLIC VOICE IS NEXT WEEK, AND WE NEED YOU

NIFI is very proud to be partnering with Kettering Foundation to highlight the work of the NIF network next week. As of today, there have been more than 150 Safety and Justice forums held around the country—a hugely impressive achievement, and all due to you, the NIF network! We want your work recognized for the immense value it creates for communities and democracy as a whole, which is why we’re taking it to Capitol Hill next Tuesday.

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  • Safety and Justice deliberation, Lawson State College
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"Safety and Justice" Deliberative Forums at Lawson State Community College, Birmingham, Alabama

  • Safety and Justice deliberation, Lawson State College
  • Safety and Justice issue guide cover

A deliberative forum held on February 28, 2017, at Lawson State Community College in Birmingham, Alabama, focused on the National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) issue guide, Safety and Justice: How Should Communities Reduce Violence?. The forum was just one part of a larger project intended to introduce deliberation to the teacher education curriculum and to campus life.

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