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The centerpiece of By the People's efforts in 2005 was Deliberation Week, which ran from October 22-29. PBS stations and their community group partners, community colleges, and others hosted dialogues on healthcare and education.
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PBS broadcast a special
one-hour program, anchored by The NewsHour's Ray Suarez, highlighting
citizen discussions on healthcare and education taking place during
Deliberation Week, October 22-29, 2005.
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PBS stations sponsored more than 20 local
television broadcasts, four radio programs, and more than 130
events in 2004. KERA (Dallas, TX) featured NewsHour anchor Jim
Lehrer discussing "A World of News."
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Montgomery College
July 6-7, Aug. 4,
17, 18, Sept. 1, 7, Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec. 1, 2004
Takoma Park, Md. - MCC hosted the "Jefferson Café"
initiative. The "Cafes" were a series of two-hour sessions
that began with 30 minutes of informal conversation
and coffee and then progressed to a more structured
conversation based on advanced reading materials.
Frederick Community
College
August-December 2004
Frederick, Md. - FCC used the college's First Year Seminar
classes as a forum for debate and discussion of America's
role in the world. The student's explored the themes
of America's role in the world from global, national
and local perspectives.
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Frederick Community
College (Frederick)
Montgomery College
(Takoma Park)
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Deliberation
Week 2005 Site
Broome Community College (Binghamton, NY) hosted a series of forums and panels in September and October, including: "Zen and the Art of Public School Teaching" and "Teaching Challenges: Meeting Diversity Needs in the Classroom." The latter, held during Deliberation Week, was a panel discussion on how young students with learning challenges or students whose first language is not English can best be served in the classroom.
Deliberation Week 2005 Site
League of Women Voters - Geneva
October 23, 2005
The League hosted
discussions on education issues.
Deliberation Week 2005 Site
League of Women Voters - Greene County
Deliberation
Week 2005 Site
Rochester's WXXI
hosted a community summit on October 22, 2005,
focusing on equal educational opportunities and
assessment and accountability. The station contributed
footage to the By the People national PBS broadcast
on November 10, 2005.
Deliberation
Week 2005 Site
League of Women
Voters of Buffalo Niagara
October 22,
2005
The League hosted discussions on education issues.
Deliberation
Week 2005 Site
League of Women
Voters of Syracuse
October 27,
2005
The League worked with WCNY to host discussions
on education issues at the May Memorial Unitarian
Society at 7pm.
Deliberation
Week 2005 Site
League of Women
Voters of Utica-Rome Metro Area
Fall 2005
The League hosted discussions on healthcare issues
at the campus of the State University of New York
Institute of Technology.
Rochester, N.Y.
Deliberation Day
Oct. 16, 2004
In Rochester, and in 16 other cities across the
country, a random sample of citizens participated
in day-long dialogues about what, not who, was
at stake in the presidential election with the
goal of illustrating public opinion at large at
a crucial time in our nation's history.
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Broome Community
College
Sept. 21, 23, 28 and
30 and Oct. 5 and 7, 2004
Binghamton, N.Y. - Broome hosted a series of four teach-ins
and three book discussions, led by faculty, on topics
ranging from globalization and outsourcing to America's
response to terrorism.
Buffalo/Niagara WorldConnect
Sept. 7-Oct. 19, 2004
Buffalo, NY--Buffalo/Niagara WorldConnect, affiliated
with the National Council for International Visitors,
conducted a student summit on international affairs
intended to give students new insights into foreign
affairs and an opportunity -- just prior to the election
-- to engage in analysis and debate about U.S. foreign
policy.
WXXI/Rochester, N.Y.
Held continuing conversations
in 2004 with 70 local citizens who participated in January
Deliberation Day.
International Center
of Syracuse
September 2004
The International Center of Syracuse, affiliated with
the World Affairs Councils of America, partnered with
a diverse group of organizations both on and off campus
to host a town hall forum to discuss the necessary trade-offs
and compromises involved in making foreign policy decisions
in America.
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