Webinar: What Do People Need to Feel Heard? Replacing Microphones with Deliberation

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Webinar: What Do People Need to Feel Heard? Replacing Microphones with Deliberation

Watch the AAA-ICDR Foundation Special Initiative Grant recipient National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation’s Webinar ‘What Do People Need to Feel Heard? Replacing Microphones with Deliberation.’

Webinar: What Do People Need to Feel Heard? Replacing Microphones with Deliberation

The National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation webinar, ‘What Do People Need to Feel Heard? Replacing Microphones with Deliberation’ is part of the Democracy Innovations for Better Public Meetings' project, which is made possible by the support of the AAA-ICDR Foundation.

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