Upcoming CPD related events:
- CPD is gearing up to help in local and statewide discussions this fall on topics of affordable health care, childhood obesity, and the panoply of issues that promise to be on the statewide ballot this November.
Citizen Input and Public Policy
Many public officials and organizations are interested in finding out what public thinks about proposed policies but are frustrated by their inability to get thoughtful input. Government conducted public hearings are often poorly attended or become rancorous "NIMBY" events.
The Council for Public Deliberation (CPD) believes that deliberative public forums provide a more productive form of citizen involvement in public policy. These moderated discussions follow specially prepared issue guides that are grounded in existing thinking about the particular issue but are designed to get beyond the adversarial way many public issues are discussed by the public.
CPD specializes in:
- (1) partnering with community organizations to conduct deliberative public forums in the Central Ohio area;
- (2) assisting community organizations in the design and implementation of public involvement processes; and
- (3) providing training in forum facilitation and framing issues.
Executive Director - David Patton
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