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Toward One Wausau: Public Deliberation
These conversations will look at relevant facts and values from many points of view – talking civilly and openly to one another. Toward One Wausau will recognize the underlying tensions and tough choices that go along with complex public issues. Its aim – to make the greater Wausau area a safe, welcoming and attractive place for a diverse people
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Toward One Wausau: Public Deliberation
As Wausau and the surrounding communities have become more diverse, people have more opportunities to learn about cultures, lifestyles and views different from their own. At the same time, the community has been exposed to real ethnic and cultural diversity issues. A grassroots effort, called “Toward One Wausau,” was launched last fall. Its aim – […]…
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Toward One Wausau: Public Deliberation
As Wausau and the surrounding communities have become more diverse, people have more opportunities to learn about cultures, lifestyles and views different from their own. At the same time, the community has been exposed to real ethnic and cultural diversity issues. A grassroots effort, called “Toward One Wausau,” was launched last fall. Its aim – […]…
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Toward One Wausau: Final Public Deliberation
https://youtu.be/z_Qmf_rTbVQ Last fall, the Toward One Wausau project held its kickoff event to gauge initial community feelings on diversity issues. After a detailed concerns gathering and research period last winter by Toward One Wausau committee members (including an online community survey), many community dialogues or “deliberations” were held across the city. Over 200 people participated in […]…
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Toward One Wausau: Final Deliberation
…the discussion was a chance to get out of his comfort zone and see how people feel about certain issues. “When people really got…
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Toward One Wausau: Final Deliberation (featured in WSAW)
WSAW: The community research initiative, “Towards One Wausau,” hosted its final community discussion session Monday to talk about issues of cultural diversity in the…
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Best Hope for Restoring Civility to Civic Discourse in Wisconsin is WIPPS (featured in Door County Daily News)
…and expert research and programming on issues by facilitating conferences, webinars and public dialogues. The Wisconsin Institute for Public Policy and Service is a…
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Luke Rudolph
As WIPPS marketing communications coordinator, Luke Rudolph helps promote WIPPS’ mission of engaging citizens in issues that matter to them. He works closely with…
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Marathon County: The Case of Uniform Addressing (Synopsis)
…public input as part of governance. Two external issues helped drive this effort: The county was facing increasingly complex and divisive policy issues; Leadership…
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