Join Us for a Discussion of Local Civic Leadership

September 9, 2022

The Critical Role of Local Civic Leaders

Wednesday, September 14, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. ET

How are local civic leaders faring, in the midst of a global pandemic, a more polarized political environment, and a changing technological landscape? How have their experiences with different civic opportunities – voting, volunteering, public deliberation, political activism – affected their thinking and planning?

Join us for a webinar on Wednesday, September 14th at 12:30 ET for a discussion of civic leadership that focuses on these questions and more.

Matt Leighninger, Head of Democracy Innovation for the National Conference on Citizenship will be joined by civic practitioners with both local and national perspectives.

Derrick Hammond, City councilmember and the pastor of the Oak Valley Baptist Church in Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Betty Knighton, President of the National Issues Forums Institute and was the founding director of the West Virginia Center for Civic Life
Brad Rourke, Kettering Foundation and the founder and former publisher of local online news source Rockville Central in Rockville, Maryland

The Democracy Innovation program of the National Conference on Citizenship is exploring fundamental questions about local civic leadership in partnership with the Kettering Foundation and the National Issues Forums Institute.

We hope you can join us to help us explore the multitude of ways local civic leaders are impacting the democratic life of communities across the country.

About Deliberation in National Issues Forums

National Issues Forums issue guides are designed to stimulate public deliberation, which is a way of making decisions together that is different from discussion or debate. The purpose of deliberative forums is to inform collective action. As citizens, we have to make decisions together before we can act together, whether with other citizens or through legislative bodies. Acting together is essential for addressing problems that can't be solved by one group of people or one institution. These problems have more than one cause and therefore have to be met by a number of mutually reinforcing initiatives with broad public participation.

About the National Issues Forums Institute

The National Issues Forums Institute's mission is to promote the use of public deliberation in schools, colleges, civic organizations, and religious institutions in the United States. The institute's board members are volunteers drawn from leaders in government, colleges and universities, libraries, civic organizations, the media, and medicine. For more information visit www.nifi.org.