| DDC affiliates have: | ...on issues such as: | ...resulting in: |
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| provided assistance to hundreds of public involvement projects that have engaged hundreds of thousands of people in dialogue, deliberation, and problem-solving. Many of these projects included large numbers of people who are often considered 'hard to reach,' including young people, recent immigrants, and low-income people. | Economic development Education Crime Immigration Public finance Racism and race relations Planning and growth Neighborhood revitalization Youth issues Environmental protection | Greater individual volunteerism Small-group action efforts Effects on indicators like school test scores, crime rates Changes made by organizations Changes in government budgets Changes in public policy at the local, state, and federal levels |
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| For the next stage of its work, the DDC has reached out farther to a new set of partners, forming connections with national associations that represent many of the leaders who are pioneering deliberative democracy. |
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The growth of democratic governance has been a grassroots phenomenon. The promise of the Democracy Helpline, a project of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium and its Partners, is to enable a broader array of people to make use of these powerful democratic strategies and principles.