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Citizen Connect (ARCHIVED VERSION) was a nonpartisan doorway to civic action. This site preserves content from over 600 organizations – right, left, and center – previously working to strengthen our democracy. All materials are provided for archival and informational purposes only and are no longer actively updated.

  • Forgiveness Conversation

    Becca Kearl

    The first of The Four Sacred Gifts is – Forgive the Unforgivable. Why? How? Must we? Forgiving wrongs, intentional, unintentional,historic, big and small is not a simple thing. For many of us this can be very challenging. There are so many ways that we are hurt by others and that we hurt others in our…

  • National Conference on Dialogue & Deliberation

    Courtney Breese

    Join us for NCDD 2023, the signature event for the dialogue, deliberation, and public engagement community. This three-day highly interactive conference will bring together the movers and shakers in our community to talk, learn, collaborate, and have fun. Over the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation’s 20-year history, our national conferences have brought together leaders,…

  • The Opportunity Gap Conversation

    Becca Kearl

    Generally speaking, opportunity gap refers to inputs (the unequal or inequitable distribution of resources and opportunities), while achievement gap refers to outputs (the unequal or inequitable distribution of educational results and benefits). America prides itself on creating the opportunity for all citizens to “pull themselves up by their bootstraps.” We aspire to have a fair…

  • 2023 Bridge-Building Innovation Showcase

    Joe Bubman

    You’re invited to celebrate Americans nationwide who are building peace by problem-solving locally across generational, racial, religious, and political differences. Check out six incredible teams selected from a competitive application process to showcase their efforts at the 2023 Bridge-Building Innovation VIRTUAL Showcase on Oct 19 @ 4 pm PT / 5 pm MT/ 6 pm / 7 pm ET on Zoom!…

  • Police-Community Relations Conversation

    Becca Kearl

    Communities function best with (a few) shared values like safety and order. We want our communities to be safe. We want law enforcement to be fair. We want police to do their job in a manner that is safe for them and for community members. We expect these elements to be a given-a shared goal…

  • Building Peace from the Inside Out

    Prabha Sankaranarayan

    Join MBBI as we engage Libby Hoffman (author of The Answers Are There) and DG Mawn (CEO of National Association for Community Mediation (NAFCM)) in Building Peace from the Inside Out As the momentum grows for people-centered efforts to build social cohesion and security for all in this multi-racial, pluralistic republic, we bring together two great practitioners,…