By The People: Past Projects

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	By the People Sponsors Range of Events

	Since its launch in 2002, By the People has supported well over 200 citizen deliberations around the country and more than 100 national and local PBS broadcasts, on issues including national security, healthcare, education, and citizenship in 21st Century America.



	Deliberation Week 2005

	Fifteen By the People Citizen Deliberations on two critically important issues before the nation—healthcare and education—were the centerpiece of a PBS national program on November 10, 2005. The television broadcast "By the People: Citizens Voices" covered more than 1,000 Americans at forums hosted around the country during Deliberation Week, October 22-29, 2005, by local PBS stations and their civic partners. It was produced by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and anchored by Ray Suarez, senior correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.



	Community Colleges, Civic Groups Participate in BTP

	By the People citizen deliberations have included events on community college campuses, youth forums, conversations at local libraries; and presentations and discussions hosted by community groups and broadcast on local radio—all on topics ranging from humanitarian issues to security and terrorism.






	2004 Local PBS Broadcasts and Activities

	PBS aired two national specials in 2004. One focused on By the People's Deliberation Day of discussions on "America's role in the world" in ten communities. The other was an election special called "Time to Choose," anchored by Jim Lehrer. In all, 23 local PBS stations took part in By the People projects in 2004. Through these station partners, at least 60 local TV programs were aired and more than 130 events took place—including a variety of citizen dialogues and discussions, plays and follow up conversations, film presentations and discussions, a student essay contest, student forums and town hall forums.



	2003 National Issues Convention

	The inaugural event of By the People brought together more than 300 Americans in Philadelphia, birthplace of the U.S. Constitution, to discuss America's role in the world in a National Issues Convention broadcast on PBS on Sunday, January 12, 2003. Local PBS stations and community groups extended the conversation with follow-on events.


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