Everyday Democracy Ground Rules for "Virtual" Meetings and Conversations
Ground Rules for conversations and meetings that are held "virtually" vs. face-to-face
Handouts and Worksheets
Ripple Effects Mapping for Evaluating Community Engagement
Community engagement and Dialogue to Change strategies can lead to many positive changes in your community. However, direct impacts can be tough to track. Ripple Effects Mapping (REM) allows you, along with local leaders and others in your community, to assess impacts from your Dialogue to Change efforts.
Evaluating Community Engagement (Toolkit)
Along with the Guide to Evaluating Community Engagement, this toolkit provides you with pratical tools you can use in your community engagement efforts.
Curriculum: Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow
There are many people who don’t realize that we have yet to achieve a society where everyone has equal opportunities, and that we’re still dealing with the affects slavery and Jim Crow. That’s why it’s so important for our children to learn about this history, to see examples of people who fought for equal rights, and to understand how that history impacts us today.
7 Key Lessons for Addressing Racism
Key lessons we have learned about addressing racism in community initiatives
Everyday Democracy's Dialogue to Change Process
Everyday Democracy’s Dialogue to Change process is an adaptable approach to community engagement that is grounded in years of experience and learning with communities throughout the U.S. Download this printable handout that explains the Dialogue to Change process.
Step Forward, Step Back Organizational Identity Activity
This activity shows some of the advantages and disadvantages related to organizational power and privilege. The activity is used to show how long-term accumulation of advantages based on organizational privilege can produce gaps among groups and create inequities in the communities we hope to serve.
Step Forward, Step Back Personal Identity Activity
This activity shows some of the advantages and disadvantages related to racial/ethnic identity or skin color. The activity is used to show how long-term accumulation of advantages based on skin color can produce gaps among groups and create inequities.
Civic Engagement Lesson Plan (Part 3)
This lesson helps teachers engage their students on "living citizenship" through classroom and personal civic engagement activities by the students using a "civics scorecard" that helps them explore different ways to become "great citizens." The "scorecard" activity allows students to learn more about "civic health" through actual civic participation in their schools and communities.
Civic Engagement Lesson Plan (Parts 1 and 2)
This lesson plan is an introduction to "civic health" and its connection to "great citizenship." It helps students learn about how ordinary citizens participate in the public arena by volunteering, voting, donating, working with neighbors and public officials, learning about and engaging on issues, attending public events and hearings, etc.
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Dialogue to Change
Our ultimate goal is to create positive community change that includes everyone, and our tools, advice, and resources foster that kind of change. Whether you’re grappling with a divisive community issue, or simply want to include residents’ voices in city government, Everyday Democracy's Dialogue to Change process, using a racial equity lens, can help.