February 12, 2015                                                                                                                  Newsblast Vol. 5 No. 4
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Meet Our Newest Intern!
Ninth Annual Public Issues Facilitation Workshop Offered in March
Salina Hosts Meet and Greet to Discuss Local Food System
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March 2-4, 2015 
Public Issues Facilitation Workshop 

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Meet Our Newest Intern!

 

Alyne Roemerman is a junior in Kansas State University's dual degree program with majors in English Literature and French. She is from Shawnee, Kan. and is joining the CECD and ICDD staff as a student intern where she will write stories for newsletters and websites. She looks forward to learning more about CECD and working with the staff while gaining experience writing about community engagement.

Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy

Ninth Annual Public Issues Facilitation Workshop Offered in March

 

The Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy offers the ninth annual Public Issues Facilitation Workshop from Monday, March 2 to Wednesday, March 4, 2015 in the Kansas State University Alumni Center. The workshop is designed to provide attendees the skills and training needed to develop and facilitate community conversations about local public issues. The ICDD workshop is created for individuals in local government, education and administration, libraries, community organizations, non-profits, and other community programs. Presenters include Linda Duke, director of the Beach Museum of Art, Kris Boone, head of Communications and Agricultural Education and David Procter, director of ICDD. Online registration will be available soon. 

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Rural Grocery Initiative 
Salina Hosts Meet and Greet to Discuss Local Food System

 

Community members in Salina, Kan. took the first step to examine their local food system at the Meet, Greet, and Eat-Local! event that took place Thursday, Jan. 29. Approximately 180 people attended to meet and get to know those involved in the program. They sampled local foods and listened to a panel discuss topics relevant to the city and surrounding county's food industry. Read more

Kansas State University established the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy (ICDD) in 2004 to enhance democracy through improved community deliberation. Soon after, the Center for Engagement and Community Development (CECD) was created by K-State in 2006 to connect the resources of the university to significant issues of public need facing Kansas and communities worldwide. To help sustain rural communities due to growing economic problems, CECD launched the Rural Grocery Initiative (RGI) in 2008.