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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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Minnesota International
Center
November 2004
The Minnesota International Center, an affiliate of
the National Council for International Visitors, in
Minneapolis held a Reunion and Re-engagement of the
BTP 2004 Citizen Deliberators. The event comprised
a panel and small group discussions among the January
Citizen Deliberation invitees and other community members,
including young adults.
WDSE/Duluth, Minnesota
Ongoing
WDSE in Duluth, Minnesota is using a 2005 By the People outreach grant to support a project focused on "Challenges to K-1 2 Schools in the Northland" which through engagement with a variety of key stakeholders has involved more than 2000 individuals. Groups participating in the project include school/district administrators, teachers, high school students, parents and the University of Minnesota Duluth Department of Education (second largest teacher preparation program in the state), with each group providing their perceptions of the challenges to education regarding the University and WDSE are jointly preparing an article for publication in the Phi Delta Kappa national monthly magazine, the Kappan, on the research process. The station took advantage of the By the People November 10 national broadcast to promote their work and lead into their local broadcast the following evening launching the discussion among stakeholder groups.
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Deliberation
Week 2005 Site
Kansas City's KCPT
and Consensus held a community summit on October
22, 2005, focusing on healthcare cost and access,
prescription drugs, and medical research. The
station contributed footage to the By the People
national PBS broadcast on November 10, 2005.
LWV of Kansas
City/Jackson, Clay & Platte Counties will
continue the Deliberation Week discussions on
the healthcare by hosting a follow up discussion
on November 15, 2005.
Kansas City,
Mo. Deliberation Day
Oct. 16, 2004
In Kansas City, 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. KCPT led
the local project.
Deliberation
Week 2005 Site
St. Louis's KETC
Channel 9 and FOCUS St. Louis hosted a community
summit on October 22, 2005 focusing on educational
equity in the region. The station contributed
footage to the By the People national PBS broadcast
on November 10, 2005.
St. Louis, Mo.
Deliberation Day
Oct. 16, 2004
In St. Louis, 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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Johnson County Library
September-October
2004
Kansas City, Mo. - Kansas City Public Television partnered
with the Johnson County Library to facilitate a citizen
conversation on "Local Jobs in a Global Economy."
KCPT/Kansas City,
Mo.
Oct. 18, 2004
Held a conversation scheduled on offshoring, in partnership
with Johnson County Libraries.
National Urban League
Young Professionals-St. Louis
June 26, 2004
NULYP-St. Louis held a panel discussion and an HIV/AIDS
Awareness Fair, entitled "AIDS, Africa and American
Responsibility."
FOCUS St. Louis
Sept. 28, Oct. 21,
2004
FOCUS St. Louis, affiliated with the Community Leadrship
Association, supported efforts to educate newly registered
voters about the democratic process through three local
issue forums using the Conversation Café dialogue
model.
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Deliberation
Week 2005 Site
On October 24,
2005, Nebraska ETV
Network and the University of Nebraska Public
Policy Center held a community summit in Kearney.
The event focused on "What educational services
should Nebraska public schools provide?" The station
contributed footage to the By the People national
PBS broadcast on November 10, 2005.
Leadership Lincoln,
Inc.
February 24,
2005
Lincoln, NE--Leadership Lincoln, affiliated with
the Community Leadership Association, the Lincoln
Journal Star, and the University of Nebraska
Public Policy Center joined forces to sponsor
"A Community Conversation: Future of Lincoln,"
on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
The event gave about 50 randomly selected participants
the chance to discuss their views about the city's
future development plans and quality of life.
The project was sponsored by the Cooper Foundation
and the Woods Charitable Fund.
Nebraska Deliberation
Day
Oct. 16, 2004
In Nebraska, and in 16 other places 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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Nebraska Humanities
Council
Oct. 12, 2004
Lincoln, NE. - the Nebraska Humanities Council sponsored
"Capitol Forum on America's Future," a joint effort
of the Council, the Nebraska secretary of state, and
the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown
University (Choices program). Capitol Forum is an experimental
civic education initiative designed to encourage students
to analyze, discuss and evaluate the nation's future
in light of a changing international environment.
Leadership Lincoln
Inc.
Oct. 7 and 14, 2004
Leadership Lincoln held two forums prior to the November
election to bring a diverse range of community leaders
and members to engage in intergenerational forums on
national security and state and local tax policies.
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