Bringing Citizen Voices to the Table: Infrastructure Needs in a Democracy
Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Executive Director of the National Institute for Civil Discourse and founder of AmericaSpeaks
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Thusday, May 22, 2014
9:30am-3:00pm (with complimentary lunch)
SFU Goldcorp Centre for the Arts at Woodward’s, 149 West Hastings Street
Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre, Room 2555
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This workshop is free, however pre-registration is required. Spaces are limited.
Click here to RSVP by Friday, May 9
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Drawing from recent work convening a National Dialogue on Mental Health, Lukensmeyer will highlight methods to blend face-to-face and online engagement, and will discuss the opportunity for public engagement to promote action when policies are deadlocked due to overlapping jurisdiction. Participants will work in teams to self-evaluate the citizen engagement infrastructure in their field and explore possibilities to extend their work.
Due to heavy demand, the workshop is targeted to citizen engagement professionals from government and non-profit organizations who work in one or more of the following fields:
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