"Title","Author","Summary","Body","Date posted","Country","Ongoing","Start Date","End Date","","Staff Type","","","","","","","","","Facilitation?"
"Advancing the Future for Adults with Autism: National Town Hall Meeting (United States)","marysullivan","AFFA is an organization that works closely with America Speaks concerning bettering the lives of adults with autism. This organization has held town hall meetings, and think tanks in hopes of creating a national agenda that will be introduced to Congress in the future. AFFA has come up with several ideas on how to make adults with autism have a better future and have the same resources and opportunities that other adults have.","Problems and Purpose- Advancing the Future for Adults with Autism (AFFA) is a national coalition of organizations in the United States working to improve the lives of adults with autism. AFFA worked with AmericaSpeaks to hold 21st Century National Town...","Sat, 12/31/2011 - 09:00","United States","No","","","Aging","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","International Organization, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Community Based Organization","Consultation (i.e. to advise decision makers), Raise public awareness, Other","Open to all with targeted recruitment","21st Century Town Meeting","National","Not Applicable","International Organization, Regional Government (e.g. State, Provincial, Territorial), Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City), Academic Institution","Yes"
"Living Voters Guide","KatieKnobloch","The Living Voters Guide is a Website that allows Washington state voters to deliberate about local and state-wide ballot measures. The project is a joint effort of the Center for Civic Engagement and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington as well as the City Club of Seattle. Visitors to the Living Voters Guide can search for information about current ballot measures and contribute to a conversation about the pros and cons of those measures. The Living Voters Guide is the first project to utilize the ConsiderIt platform, an open-source, web-based platform that fosters online deliberation.","Definition and Use:The Living Voters Guide for Washington State is a web-based platform designed to stimulate a deliberative process concerning local issues affecting Washington State citizens. A team of researchers from the University of Washington...","Fri, 12/02/2011 - 14:12","United States","No","","","Political Institutions (e.g. Constitutions, Legal Systems, Electoral Systems)","","Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation","Academic Institution, Philanthropic Organization (i.e. dedicated to making monetary grants or gifts)","Other","Open to all","ConsiderIt","Regional (e.g. State, Province, Autonomous Region)","Academic Institution","Local Government (e.g. Village, Town, City)","No"