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  • Up to Us
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February 17, 2021, Join a Webinar about the New "Youth and Opportunity" Issue Discussion Materials

  • Net Impact
  • Up to Us
  • NIFI

Join us and learn how to convene an impactful forum using the new issue discussion guide –  Youth and Opportunity: What Should We Do for Future Generations to Thrive? – co-produced by the National Issues Forums Institute  (NIF) and Up to Us. During this event, you will learn about the framework and supporting materials to enrich deliberative forums in person and online

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  • The Kettering Foundation
  • The National Issues Forums
  • Public Agenda

An Overview - The Hidden Common Ground Initiative

  • America Amplified
  • The Kettering Foundation
  • The National Issues Forums
  • Public Agenda

From December 2019 through the 2020 elections, National Issues Forums (NIF) took part in the Hidden Common Ground project, an effort to uncover areas of agreement among Americans on the most pressing public problems of the day, including political divisiveness, health care, immigration, and rebuilding the economy.

NIF partnered with Public Agenda, USA TODAY, the Kettering Foundation and the America Amplified public radio network to explore opportunities for people across the country to deliberate and exchange ideas about issues.

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  • America Amplified
  • Kettering Foundation
  • National Issues Forums
  • Public Agenda

The Hidden Common Ground Initiative

  • America Amplified
  • Kettering Foundation
  • National Issues Forums
  • Public Agenda

From December 2019 through the 2020 elections, National Issues Forums (NIF) took part in the Hidden Common Ground project, an effort to uncover areas of agreement among Americans on the most pressing public problems of the day, including political divisiveness, health care, immigration, and rebuilding the economy.

NIF partnered with Public Agenda, USA TODAY, the Kettering Foundation and the America Amplified public radio network to explore opportunities for people across the country to deliberate and exchange ideas about issues.

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  • Chris Gilmer

Students Speak - Community Colleges Hold Online Discussions about the Economy, and about Racism and Racial Healing

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  • Chris Gilmer

On November 5, 2020, two Students Speak online discussions brought community college students together from different parts of the country to consider two important and difficult public issues. One group, made up of students from all nine community colleges in West Virginia talked together about how the economy is affecting them. Another group included students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), a Tribal College, and an Appalachian College to talk about racism and racial healing.

 

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