Dispatches from local dialogues, action reports, and milestones since NDN's first community conversation in 2013.
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Read the storyUpdated: January 30, 2017 The Forum Foundation, in cooperation with the National Dialogue Network, has completed its review of four applications and…
Read the storyThe culminating results and insights from the National Dialogue Network (NDN) about its 2013 inaugural national conversation on Poverty and Wealth in…
Read the storyNEW COMMENTS RECEIVED: Is there a connection? (originally published Oct 12, 2013) Poverty and crime have a very "intimate" relationship that has been…
Read the storyVisit http://www.meetup.com/NYC-Politics/events/208198102/ to Join and RSVP. Background: All of us rely on the internet for various aspects of our…
Read the storyJoin the 3pm conversation at Bryant Park in NYC on August 30, 2014 At the heart of the health care debate in America lies the perennially-thorny…
Read the storyCheck out http://ndn.codigital.com to learn about a new project from the National Dialogue Network! The National Dialogue Network recently used a…
Read the storyAn exciting message from Terry Link in Lansing, Michigan, describes upcoming community events at Michigan State University (on April 4) and Lansing…
Read the storyZilino begins demonstration dialogue on Poverty and Wealth in America. Zilino is a new web-based solution for hosting deliberative online forums that…
Read the storyMaurice Ward at the Department of Social and Health Services in Washington State, has provided a detailed response to a comment about his previous…
Read the storyCommunity Conversation on Wealth and Poverty in America at Kaiser Center in Oakland, CA This collective narrative presents ideas that were brought to…
Read the storyDear People of 2013: We got your letter! No need for forgiveness or apologies, we understand how difficult it can be to only see part of a trend.…
Read the storySubmitted by John Spady: The 2013 National Dialogue Network (NDN) process has now entered "Cycle 4" of a five cycle process where our volunteer…
Read the storySubmitted by Ben Roberts: Throughout the months of September and October, 2013, I hosted a national conversation "experiment" on the subject of…
Read the storyJohn Spady joined the conversation on Wealth and Poverty in downtown Olympia this Saturday, October 26. Hosted by Faith Trimble, CEO of The Athena…
Read the storySubmitted by Dennis Boyer: We held our poverty and wealth discussion last night (Oct 23, 2013). Eight participants comprised of four couples in rural…
Read the storyThis is an experimental report showing just the current demographic tallies of the 2013 Opinionnaire® Survey's completed so far. Values are expected…
Read the storyUniversity of Oregon, Students for Public Participation (SP2), Oct. 15, 2013 Jo Niehaus , graduate student in Public Administration at the University…
Read the storySubmitted for NDN contributor Dyck Dewid: Preface to my questions: I must apologize for hurting you. I am from a time when a body of fathers,…
Read the storyThere is a great deal of innovation around giving Americans a greater voice in their government, but we still have a long way to go. That's why I'm…
Read the storyRecipient of the 2012 Catalyst Award for Civic Infrastructure , National Dialogue Network (NDN) volunteer John Spady announces that the NDN achieved…
Read the story"[B]y the year 2012, projected outlays for entitlements and interest on the national debt will consume all tax revenues collected by the federal…
Read the storyWant to express your thoughts on a current event or something else? Write up a quick summary of what you have in mind and post it as a public comment…
Read the storyA different approach to national dialogue- The title of this post is the same title of a presentation I'll be making on September 23, 2013, at the…
Read the storyWhere is it? Access to opportunity is seen by many as the solution to the increasing gap in annual income and compensations. A graphic, from page 25…
Read the storyWhat other issues intersect with those of Poverty & Wealth? The use of prison labor in the U.S.? High rates of part-time employment? Increasing…
Read the storyIntroduction: Seven generations is about 175-200 years. This is seven cycles of one generation's children growing up and having children of their…
Read the storyNational Dialogue Network introduction video from John Spady on Vimeo . For a history of how this issue was selected, please review this report .
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