The Bridging Wicked Divides project and the National Week of Deliberation utilize a variety of modes of deliberation, including in-person forums using the National Issues Forums (NIF) model, online deliberation using Zoom and its polling features, and Common Ground for Action (CGA).
We need facilitators!
Both projects rely on human facilitators to guide participants through the forum process, to ask guiding questions, to help the group reflect together on where they have common ground, and to encourage participants to engage civilly on the issue. Forums are only 90 minutes long and all materials including a full discussion script and process design are available. Facilitating a forum is a low stakes, fun way of building civic leadership skills.
Below are some examples of facilitator support material we will provide:
Youth & Opportunity In Person Facilitation PPT
Youth & Opportunity CGA Facilitation Script