| Americans for Informed Democracy |
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| Americans for Informed
Democracy (AID) is a non-partisan organization that fosters global
understanding by coordinating town hall meetings, hosting leadership
retreats and publishing opinion pieces and reports. AID seeks to inspire a
new generation of internationalist leaders and to promote America's image
in the world. |
| Beyond Intractability |
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| Beyond Intractability is a
boundless resource on information, links, materials, readings etc on
conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation all around the world.
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| Co-Intelligence Institute |
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| The nonprofit
Co-Intelligence Institute (CII) promotes awareness of co-intelligence and
of the many existing tools and ideas that can be used to increase it. The
CII embraces all such ideas and methods, and explores and catalyzes their
integrated application to democratic renewal, community problems,
organizational transformation, national and global crises and the creation
of just, vibrant, sustainable cultures. |
| Conversation Café |
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| Why Conversation Cafés?
Because when you put strangers, caffeine and ideas in the same room,
brilliant things can happen. For that very reason, the British Parliament
banned coffeehouses in the 1700s as hotbeds of sedition. Might we brew up
a similar social liveliness now? Conversation Café facilitates discussion
groups in coffee houses all over the country. |
| Democracy Campaign |
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| The Democracy Campaign
seek to transform conflict - change the form of conflict - from bitter
arguments and power contests into dialogue and democracy with a We the
People Conference scheduled for 2006 (followed by a larger event in 2008).
These conferences will be three day civic dialogue events bridging the
political spectrum. |
| Dynamic Facilitation |
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| Dynamic
Facilitation is a social invention that allows diverse people to
address difficult issues collaboratively and creatively and reach rapid
consensus. DF engenders a nonlinear, transformational way of thinking
called "choice-creating" that opens the door to new realms of personal
effectiveness and empowerment. Jim Rough & Associates. |
| Let’s Talk America |
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| Let’s Talk America is a
nationwide movement that brings Americans from all points on the political
spectrum together in cafes, bookstores, churches and living rooms for
lively, open-hearted dialogue to consider questions essential to the
future of our democracy. Let’s Talk America reconnects with the ‘town
hall’ meeting spirit that’s the lifeblood of our democracy. |
| Listening Project |
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| The Listening Project is
an initiative of the Rural Southern Voice for Peace offering an exciting
new, heart-centered approach to community organizing, grassroots
empowerment and creative conflict management. Listening Projects employ
deep listening to break down walls and barriers that separate and
disempower people and communities. Projects have been used successfully on
a wide range of justice, peace and environmental issues, throughout the
U.S. and internationally. |
| Mediators Foundation |
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| Mediators Foundation
focuses on projects that build understanding between conflicting
constituencies. Mediators Foundation uses the tools of mediation,
facilitation and communications media to foster genuine dialogue. |
| National Coalition for Dialogue &
Deliberation |
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| The National Coalition for
Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) emerged from the October 2002 National
Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation, which was held in Alexandria,
Virginia National Coalition of Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD). |
| National Issues Forums |
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| National Issues Forums
(NIF) is a nonpartisan, nationwide network of locally sponsored public
forums for the consideration of public policy issues. It is rooted in the
simple notion that people need to come together to reason and talk — to
deliberate about common problems. Indeed, democracy requires an ongoing
deliberative public dialogue. |
| New Road Map Foundation |
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| The New Road Map
Foundation seeks to foster a cooperative human community in a diverse yet
interconnected world by creating and disseminating practical tools and
innovative approaches to personal and cultural change. We promote love and
service as routes to personal and social well-being. |
| Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law
School |
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| The Program on Negotiation
at Harvard Law School is an applied research center committed to improving
the theory and practice of negotiation and dispute resolution. |
| Program on Negotiation Clearinghouse |
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| The Program on Negotiation
Clearinghouse, a resource center for people interested in learning and
teaching about negotiation and alternative dispute resolution. |
| Public Conversations Project |
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| The Public Conversations
Project’s mission is to foster a more inclusive, empathic and
collaborative society by promoting constructive conversations and
relationships among those who have differing values, world views, and
positions about divisive public issues. |
| Red, White, and Blue Coming Together |
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| Red, White, and Blue
Coming Together is an initiative of Americans for Informed Democracy to
unite America behind a common vision for our role in the world. After a
bitter election season which focused attention on the divisions between
“Red” and “Blue” America, this event series strives to begin the healing
process by raising awareness about the hidden consensus that already
exists in a number of key foreign policy areas and by facilitating
constructive, non-partisan dialogue on more controversial issues. The
series will take place over the first hundred days of the new Bush
presidency from late January through the end of April. |
| Search for Common Ground-USA |
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| Search for Common
Ground-USA brings groups together that have a history of disagreement and
conflict and helps them work together to advance the interests and values
they share. Americans often urge people in other countries to resolve
their disputes in more civil, less confrontational ways. |
| Study Circles Resource Center |
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| The Study Circles Resource
Center is dedicated to finding ways for all kinds of people to engage in
dialogue and problem solving on critical social and political issues. SCRC
helps communities by giving them the tools to organize productive
dialogue, recruit diverse participants, find solutions, and work for
action and change. |
| The People Speak |
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| The People Speak was
launched in October 2003 to raise the level of national dialogue about
America’s role in the world. The project was made possible by a
nonpartisan coalition of non-profit organizations committed to fostering
open-minded discussion on critical global issues. |
| The Third Side |
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| The Third Side is
sponsored by the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. The
website’s initial content are drawn from The Third Side: Why We Fight and
How We Can Stop. By William Ury. |
| The World Café |
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| The World Café facilitates
a living network of conversation around questions that matter; leading
collaborative dialogue, sharing knowledge and creating possibilities for
action in groups of all sizes. |
| Western Justice Center Foundation |
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| Western Justice Center
Foundation is an alternative dispute resolution think tank based in
Pasadena, CA focusing on children, communities and courts. The mission of
the Western Justice Center Foundation is to build a peaceful society
through teaching children the skills of peaceful conflict resolution, thus
empowering children and preventing youth violence. WJCF develops its
mission through a strategic mix of activity that blends provision of
direct services with advocacy, education, research and public policy
development. |