[p2p-research] Fwd: "National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)" sent you a message on Facebook...

[Ryan Lanham]

I know Sandy a little and I've been recommending people read Peter Levine
for 10 years.  I agree with both of them.

Ryan


On 1/28/10, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Date: Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 10:36 AM
> Subject: "National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD)" sent you a
> message on Facebook...
> To: Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com>
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> Sandy Heierbacher sent a message to the members of National Coalition for
> Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD).
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> Subject: Obama's failure to engage the public, so far...
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> What do people think about Peter Levine's new article in the Huffington
> Post? The article outlines the Obama Administration’s failure (so far) to
> engage the public in our great national challenges.
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> Please visit the NCDD group on facebook and share your thoughts on this
> important issue! (Right now, it's the top item on the wall.)
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> In his article, Peter writes…
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> "Candidate Obama argued that positive change comes from organized social
> movements, not from the government alone. Social movements should be
> broad-based, not narrow groups of people who all agree with one another.
> They should promote discussion and collaboration across lines of
> difference–including ideological difference.
>
> "As he said in May 2007, 'politics' usually means shouting matches on TV.
> But 'when politics gets local, when the person talking to you is your
> neighbor standing on your front porch, things change.' In that speech, he
> called for dialogues in every community on Iraq, health care and climate
> change."
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> Later, on Obama’s executive order on transparency, participation and
> collaboration, Peter writes…
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> "'Transparency' came to mean feeding information to organized interest
> groups, reporters, and a few independent citizens who have deep interests
> and skills in particular areas. Participation and collaboration have not
> been part of the agenda since Inauguration Day.
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> "Service and transparency are not nearly 'edgy' enough; there is no fight
> in them. People are angry – from the Tea Partiers to MoveOn. When citizens
> try to solve serious social problems, they identify enemies. They do not
> just hold hands and serve together; they strike back at those whom they
> perceive as threats. “Active citizenship” reduced to non-controversial
> “service” or downloading government data completely loses touch with the
> legitimate anger of the American people."
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