Re: How colleges can respond to the war

Title: Re: How colleges can respond to the war

I'm replying to the list assuming that others would be interested in resources regarding Albert's question.

Campus Compact featured resources for promoting student dialogue on this topic in our fall 2002 newsletter.  Here are a few:

Study Circles Resource Center
The Study Circles Resource Centers provides issue guides and moderator guidelines for conducting community discussions on public issues.  Study circles are small groups of individuals with diverse viewpoints who come together to discuss mutual concerns and construct action plans for addressing those concerns.  Study Circles materials are available online at http://www.studycircles.org.

National Issues Forums
The National Issues Forums program also attempts to promote public dialogue on current social issues.  Participants in National Issues Forums explore issues from a variety of perspectives with the goal of identifying shared values and recognizing the relative costs and benefits of various policy options.  The National Issues Forums also produce moderator and participant issue guides.  NIF materials can be acquired online at http://www.nifi.org.

Public Agenda
Public Agenda promotes informed opinion on public issues by creating issue guides similar to those produced by NIF and by critically examining the results of public opinion surveys.  Public Agenda's issues guides and public opinion analyses are available online at http://www.publicagenda.org.

~Pam

> Has anyone found any good resources on
> the web and elsewhere that are helpful in
> educating students and facilitating constructive discussions about
> the
> conflict?  I'd be interested in something that's appropriate for
> K-12 as well as
> college students.
>
> --
>
> Albert Wat, Program Coordinator
> DC Schools Project
> Office of Volunteer & Public Service - Center for Social
> Justice
> Georgetown University, Poulton Hall
> 1421 37th St., NW, 1st Floor
> Washington, DC 20057
> Tel: (202)687-8868  Fax: (202)687-8980
> https://data.georgetown.edu/outreach/csj/service/programs/dcsp/