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Seeds Of Promise Community Dialogue Report Of Deliberative Findings One, Stephanie Hill, Ellerie Ambrose, Cassondra Groters, Joerdon Daldos, Earl Whitney
Seeds Of Promise Community Dialogue Report Of Deliberative Findings One, Stephanie Hill, Ellerie Ambrose, Cassondra Groters, Joerdon Daldos, Earl Whitney
Undergraduate Research
As a team of Liberal Studies students at Grand Valley State University, we co-designed and facilitated a community dialogue in the fall of 2015 located at Seeds of Promise in the Madison Square neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Residents from the surrounding neighborhood were invited to come for dinner and dialogue so they could share their concerns, prioritize their values, and begin to identify a broad range of interventions on issues of concern to them. The dialogue focused on concerns surrounding crime and safety. It was collaboratively designed to build upon community identified issues through surveys and discussions with host …
Seeds Of Promise Community Dialogue Report Of Deliberative Findings Two, Bryan Baldwin, Adalberto Calderon, Jordan Dickerson, John Hamilton, Crystal Ranger
Seeds Of Promise Community Dialogue Report Of Deliberative Findings Two, Bryan Baldwin, Adalberto Calderon, Jordan Dickerson, John Hamilton, Crystal Ranger
Undergraduate Research
As a part of Grand Valley State University’s LIB312: “Dialogue, Integration, and Action,” we – a team of Liberal Studies majors in the fall of 2015 – codesigned, facilitated, and analyzed a community dialogue with residents in the Grand Rapids neighborhood surrounding Seeds of Promise. Occurring on November 5th, this community dialogue was designed to
- Provide a space for residents to share their stories,
- Prioritize their key values,
- Identify a broad range of possible interventions for addressing the issues of most concern to them.
The design of this dialogue was informed by a range of skills and techniques from a …