Organized by a diverse group of public bodies and local organizations, the RCCP responds to growing disaffection and declining voter turnout by supporting residents’ own efforts to make their communities and schools sites of civic activity and democratic education.
CASE
Ramsey County Civic Project
October 4, 2019 | Scott Fletcher Bowlsby |
- General Issues
- Governance & Political Institutions
- Specific Topics
- Public Participation
- Elementary & Secondary Education
- Vocational Education & Training
- Scope of Influence
- City/Town
- Start Date
- Ongoing
- Yes
- Time Limited or Repeated?
- A single, defined period of time
- Purpose/Goal
- Develop the civic capacities of individuals, communities, and/or civil society organizations
- Approach
- Citizenship building
- Leadership development
- Co-production in form of partnership and/or contract with government and/or public bodies
- Spectrum of Public Participation
- Inform
- Open to All or Limited to Some?
- Open to All With Special Effort to Recruit Some Groups
- Targeted Demographics
- Students
- Stakeholder Organizations
- General Types of Methods
- Community development, organizing, and mobilization
- Experiential and immersive education
- Deliberative and dialogic process
- General Types of Tools/Techniques
- Inform, educate and/or raise awareness
- Facilitate dialogue, discussion, and/or deliberation
- Recruit or select participants
- Specific Methods, Tools & Techniques
- Restorative Justice
- Civic Education
- Empathetic Listening
- Deliberation
- Voter Information Services
- Community Organizing
- Legality
- Yes
- Facilitators
- Yes
- Facilitator Training
- Professional Facilitators
- Face-to-Face, Online, or Both
- Face-to-Face
- Types of Interaction Among Participants
- Teaching/Instructing
- Discussion, Dialogue, or Deliberation
- Information & Learning Resources
- Teach-ins
- Decision Methods
- Not Applicable
- Type of Organizer/Manager
- Community Based Organization
- Local Government
- Type of Funder
- Philanthropic Organization
- Local Government