In a message dated 96-03-15 20:10:53 EST, you write:
>Chris Koliba's sense of needing to "create a new genre of civic
>association based on entirely new lines that cross class and 'racial'
>boundaries" and his suggestion of conceiving civic associations as
>"learning environments" leads me to comment on some additional ways we might
>cross boundaries to reconceive traditional notions of civic
>associations that have preoccupied my thinking in recent months
>(largely because I cannot quite figure them out!). In particular, it
>seems that a tough challenge but major opportunity we face is
>to reconceive our relationship to time and space.
Kim, could you tell me about Chris Koliba's idea? I must have missed this
post. It reflects my organization's concern with creating new spaces for
cross boundary dialogue and our effort to organize a national issues
convention for young adults (see our materials at
http://www.libertynet.org/~first/ ). I would like to hear more ideas about
people interested in making deliberation a focus of civic life.