Study Circles Resource Center
www.studycircles.org
The Study Circles Resource Center is a national organization that helps local communities develop their own ability to organize large-scale and diverse dialogues to support and strengthen community change. Study Circles works with neighborhoods, cities and towns, regions, and states, paying particular attention to the racial and ethnic dimensions of the problems they address.
National Coalition on Dialogue and Deliberation
www.thataway.org
NCDD’s mission is to bring together and support people and organizations in ways that expand the power of discussion to benefit society. NCDD provides resources, networking opportunities, and programs for those dedicated to solving group and societal problems through honest talk, quality thinking, and collaborative action. The NCDD website is a popular hub for practitioners and scholars in this emerging field, and houses an extensive collection of resources, news, events, and opportunities related to dialogue and deliberation.
AmericaSpeaks
www.americaspeaks.org
AmericaSpeaks develops innovative deliberative tools that give citizens an opportunity to have a strong voice in public decision-making. While the organization does consulting on citizen engagement and strategic planning, it is best known for its 21st Century Town Meetings, which allow hundreds or thousands of people—sometimes in physically disparate locations—to express their individual perspectives in a process that quickly and transparently summarizes the group’s collective conclusions and priorities for action. While much of AmericaSpeaks’ work has focused on connecting citizens to elected officials, the organization has also used this process for corporations, non-profits, and international organizations.
About the Authors
Lisa Schirch is a professor of peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University (EMU) in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and program director of the 3D Security Initiative (www.3Dsecurity.org), which promotes conflict prevention and peacebuilding in U.S. security policymaking. With colleagues in the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at EMU, Schirch consults with a network of organizations involved in peacebuilding activities throughout the U.S., Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe. She has worked in over 20 countries.
A former Fulbright Fellow in East and West Africa, Schirch has written four books and numerous articles on conflict prevention and peacebuilding. She is a frequent public speaker and has TV and radio experience discussing U.S. foreign policy. She holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University.
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David Campt is the founder of the The DWC Group (www.thedwcgroup.com), which is a group of experts who help corporations, non-profit organizations, communities, and universities harness the power of dialogue to make smarter decisions and become more inclusive. David has presented and enacted dialogue principles at board of director retreats as well as large meetings with 4,000 people in dynamic small-group conversations.
Often known as The RaceDoctor (www.racedoctor. org), David frequently provides his insights on race relations and institutional cultural competence to print and electronic media outlets as well as to members of Congress, Fortune 500 companies, museums, foundations, and international peacebuilding organizations. In the late 1990s, he served as Senior Policy Advisor at the White House for the President’s Initiative on Race. David holds an undergraduate degree from Princeton University, and Master’s and Doctorate degrees from the University of California at Berkeley.
Contacting the Authors
The authors would love to hear from you. If you want to offer feedback on this book or share how you have used dialogue, please send an email to bookofdialogue@yahoo.com
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