[Winona Online Democracy] Hello Lee and Others, The idea of creating some kind of community gathering around the topic(s) of "Who Owns Democracy?" is an incredible one. I would be very willing to help. Is anyone else interested? What would we need to do next? What questions should we be asking? Could we create some ad hoc community group or network to discuss issues like these? It would be nice to have partisans but to make the event's format non partisan...if that's possible. The event involving the MN Humanities Commission, the Learning Club of WSU, and Gene Pelowski's class sounds wonderful. We, as a community, should do more of that. I think it's important that we discuss these issues ourselves instead of passively watching and reading sound bites on television and in newspapers. It's not good in terms of learning or democracy. :-> Dwayne P.S. Has anyone read the book, "Who Will Tell the People"? ==================== > > The MN Humanities Commission and the Learning Club of WSU are >sponsoringan> intergenerational forum with Gene Pelowski's class, >November 30 and> December 1 on the topic of Politics and Money-- Who Owns >Democracy? While> only members of the Learning Club will be >participating in this forum, the> materials might be available from the >MN Humanities Commission and if we> could find a community sponsor, (WSU >sponsors the Learning Club) I see> possibilities of holding a community >gathering around this issue. I will> contact the MN Humanities >Commission to see what possibilities exist. One> other person in Winona >attended the training with me last August in St.> Paul. I will check >with that person also. The League of Women Votersmight> be a sponsor, >but I will need to raise it to the members-- after I getmore> info from >the MN Humanities Commission.>> The materials are prepared by the >Kettering Foundation and can be viewedat> www.nifi.org. The choices >given are framed in three different> approaches. The dialogue goes to >the heart of each of these three> choices., Reform the Campaign >Fund-Raising System, Rein in Lobbyists and> Politicians, and Publicize >All Political Donations, Don't Regulate Them.>> The Kettering Foundation >exists to promote deliberative democracy and has> been >conducting/promoting dialogue for many years. I have found their> >publications excellent.>> You might want to check out >www.publicagenda.org.>> Lee Luebbe> > ---------------- This message was posted to the Winona Online Democracy Project. Please visit http://onlinedemocracy.winona.org to subscribe or unsubscribe. Please sign all messages posted to this list with your actual name. Posting of commercial solicitations is not allowed on this list. Report problems to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
