Civic Conversations

Characteristics

Marvin T. Brown:

   *  Treat all participants as equal citizens
   * Are based on civic norms such as reciprocity
   * Focus on a shared vision of an inclusive community
   * See disagreements and differences as resources for making better decisions.

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Directory

• Center for Communication & Civic Engagement, http://ccce.com.washington.edu/index.html

• Deep Democracy Institute, http://www.deepdemocracyinstitute.org/Home.59.0.html

• Deliberative Democracy Consortium, http://www.deliberative-democracy.net/

• Democracy Now, http://www.democracynow.org/

• Project on Civic Reflection, http://www.civicreflection.org/home