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- not to be confused with Democracy for America
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About
The organization's purpose is stated on their website:[1]
- To engage large numbers of Americans in the process of authentic, healthy dialogue across differences.
- To reunite American people, knowledge, issues, and interests by re-establishing trust, respect and communication across political boundaries.
- To model, in practice, the ideals of a democratic republic by facilitating cooperative, enduring, higher ground solutions to the challenges of our time.
- To welcome all points of view to the same table with respect, safety and civility, at all levels of society, across the divides of geography, partisanship, religion, race, class, and power.
Conference on Democracy in America
The Conference was sponsored by Let's Talk America and the Democracy in America Project[2] and funded by the Fetzer Institute.[3]
The following is a list of participants in the first Conference on Democracy in America, held June 11-13, 2004 and the second Conference on Democracy in America, held December 1-4, 2005. They are also refered to as "advisors", however it is unclear what capacity they hold in the organization.[4]
- John Rother, Director of Policy and Strategy, AARP
- Joe Goldman, Senior Associate, America Speaks
- Shirley Wilcher, Interim Exec. Director, American Association for Affirmative Action
- David Keene, Chairman, American Conservative Union
- Robert Spanogle, National Adjutant, American Legion
- Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform
- Lawry Chickering, Author, Beyond Left and Right
- Donna Wiesner, CEO, BrainTrain
- Betsy Taylor, Former President, Center for a New American Dream
- Roberta Combs, President, Christian Coalition
- Bill Thompson, Former National Field Director, Christian Coalition
- Ana Micka, President, Citizens for Health
- Dave Keating, Executive Director, Club for Growth
- Chellie Pingree, President, Common Cause
- Ginny Sloan, Founder, Constitution Project
- Vicki Robin, Co-founder, Conversation Cafe
- Carl Fillichio, Vice President, Council for Excellence in Government
- Michael Toms, Author, Radio Host, Deep Dialogues for Deep Democracy
- Ethan Leib, Author, Asst. Professor of Law , Deliberative Democracy in America, UC Hastings
- Joseph McCormick, Co-Founder, Democracy in America Project
- Pat Spino, Co-Founder, Democracy in America Project
- Irma Herrera, Executive Director, Equal Rights Advocates
- Tom Beech, President, Fetzer Institute
- Barbara Hubbard, Founder, Foundation for Conscious Evolution
- Susan Partnow, Executive Director, Global Citizens Journey
- William Ury, Director, Global Negotiation Project Harvard Law School
- Cheryl Graeve, Senior Director Membership, League of Woman Voters
- Marian Moore, Convener, Lets Talk America
- Michael Ostrolenk, Founder, Liberty Coalition
- Mark Gerzon, President, Mediators Foundation
- Scott Heiferman, Co-Founder, Meetup.com
- Joan Blades, Co-Founder, MoveOn.org
- Ahmed Younis, Director, Muslim Public Affairs Council
- John Steiner, Co-founder, National Commons
- Brenda Girton-Mitchell, Assoc. General Secretary, National Council of Churches USA
- Gary Aldrich, Founder, Patrick Henry Center
- Bob Barr, Chairman, Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances Coalition
- Susan Hackley, Managing Director, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School
- Laura Chasin, Co-Founder, Public Conversations Project
- Mark Satin, Author, Radical Middle
- Robert Fersh, Executive Director, Search for Common Ground USA
- Maggie Fox, Deputy Executive Director, Sierra Club
- Tom Atlee, Author, Tao of Democracy
- Drew Bond, Former President, Townhall.com
- Julie Ristau, Director, Utne Institute
- Leif Utne, Associate Editor, Utne Magazine
- Jeff Peters, Co-Founder, We the People
References
- ↑ Democracy in America: home page (accessed on Nov. 23, 2010)
- ↑ Radical Middle: At last, a movement that would have us listen to and learn from each other, July/August 2004 (accessed on Nov. 23, 2010)
- ↑ Co-Intelligence Institute: A Personally Transformational Encounter of Left and Right (accessed on Nov. 23, 2010)
- ↑ Democracy in America: Advisors (accessed on Nov. 23, 2010)