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Consensus Building Institute Resources

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Another "if it being done it must be possible" story -- an extensive collection of resources explaining how people are successfully collaborating despite deep differences.

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How Are U.S. Public School Teachers Approaching Civic and Citizenship Education?

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For those wanting to help strengthen democracy by strengthening civic education, a report on where things now stand.

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If an Alternative Candidate Is Needed in 2024, These Folks Will Be Ready

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A strategy for offering voters the choice of moderate, compromise-oriented governance in the event that both US political parties nominate extremist candidates.

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Humanity's Phase Shift', Daniel Schmachtenberger

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A video discussing why modern day governance isn't working, and what every individual must do within themselves to enable us as a community and society, to work out our problems together.

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Democracy and the Epistemic Commons

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The ultimate responsibility for good governance in a democracy falls to the voting citizenry, which can only exercise this duty well when it has accurate information about the world.

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Organizing for collective impact: The making of a mass pro-democracy movement

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Provocative thoughts on a critically important (and often neglected) question, how can the many groups working to support and strengthen democracy integrate their efforts into an effective social movement?

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The Counterweight Conference on Liberal Approaches to Diversity and Inclusion

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An announcement of an upcoming online conference that tries to do more than criticize existing diversity equity and inclusion programs, it tries to offer a less divisive and more unifying alternative.

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Failing Productivity and Systems Change: Key Mindsets and Practices

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As we struggle with today's many problems, we are going to have to take on deeper systemic challenges. This will require us to learn how to embrace failure as an inevitable part of the work of shifting complex systems.

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