These resources are curated to encourage and empower you to go out there and get involved. Your participation in your community, with your skill sets, can make a significant impact on the future of democracy. Our invitation to you is to choose at least one of the following paths to engagement.
Get Involved Locally
Host an Event (Toolkits)Join an Local Group or Organization:
Connect with established local groups that align with your skills and interests. These chapter-based organizations provide a structured way to contribute to democratic efforts and can benefit greatly from your expertise. Engage in Local Politics
Your skills as a facilitator and mediator are invaluable in local politics. You can help enhance problem-solving and decision-making processes, improve public discourse, and ensure inclusivity. Consider attending town hall meetings, joining local boards, getting involved in your neighborhood or supporting political initiatives. This article by Ken Cloke may provide inspiration:
Connect with established local groups that align with your skills and interests. These chapter-based organizations provide a structured way to contribute to democratic efforts and can benefit greatly from your expertise. Engage in Local Politics
Your skills as a facilitator and mediator are invaluable in local politics. You can help enhance problem-solving and decision-making processes, improve public discourse, and ensure inclusivity. Consider attending town hall meetings, joining local boards, getting involved in your neighborhood or supporting political initiatives. This article by Ken Cloke may provide inspiration:
Inspiration
Newsletters/Blogs
- Democracy Notes Substack
- The Fulcrum
- Beyond Intractability's Substack
- Horizons Project Vista (Sign up here)
- Omni-Win Project
- Rachel Kleinfeld's 'Five Strategies to Support US Democracy'
- "How Mediation Saved the World: Greetings from 2030" by James Melamed
- "10 Actions We Can Take to Turn Adversarial, Autocratic, Power-Based Political Conflicts into Collaborative, Democratic, Interest-Based Social Problem Solving" by Kenneth Cloke
- Applying Conflict Resolution Insights to a Hyperpolarized, Society-Wide Conflicts Threatening Society by Sanda Kaufman, Guy Burgess & Heidi Burgess
- On Relational Facilitation: Supporting the Creative Potential of Divergent Perspectives by Rosa Zubizarreta
- Democracy Group
- Omni-Win Project Podcast
- Fractal Friends: Transforming Politics & Conflict Transformation