| Everyday Democracy | |
| Address: | 111 Founders Plaza, Suite 1403 |
| East Hartford, CT 06108 | |
| Phone: | 860.928.2616 |
| Fax: | 860.928.3713 |
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A national leader in the field of civic participation and community change, Everyday Democracy helps people of different backgrounds and views talk and work together to solve problems and create communities that work for everyone. |
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| The Faith and Politics Institute | |
| Address: | 110 Maryland Avenue, NE Suite 504 |
| Washington, DC 20002 | |
| Phone: | 202.546.1299 |
| Fax: | 202.546.4025 |
| Non-partisan, interfaith organization which fosters community and conscience in and among U.S. political leaders. Works with members of Congress who want to involve citizens in discussion and action on race in their home districts. | |
| Harwood Institute for Public Innovation | |
| Address: | 4915 St. Elmo Avenue, Suite 402 |
| Bethesda, MD 20814 | |
| Phone: | 301.656.3669 |
| Fax: | 301.656.0533 |
| Contact: | Richard Harwood |
| Title: | President |
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The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation is a non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to moving American society forward by engaging citizens in public life and politics. At the core of our work is the belief that as a nation, as communities, and as individuals, we can and must do better. To make progress, we believe that fundamentally different concepts, language, assumptions and practices are called for. We work with leaders, organizations, and communities nationwide, through a variety of research projects and on-the-ground initiatives. Our work is aimed at improving public life through: building in-depth knowledge of how communities work and change; understanding how to leverage public action; infusing new public sensibilities and practices; producing clarity on complex public concerns; generating new public stories; measuring results and accountability; and creating innovations in civic engagement. Many organizations may focus on one or two of these areas, but it is the very interdependence between and among them that generates a rich understanding of public life, how it works, and what it takes to make progress. The Harwood Institute has a long history of working in these areas with a broad spectrum of groups and individuals. |
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| Heartland Institute | |
| Address: | 4243 Grimes Ave South |
| Edina, MN 55416 | |
| Phone: | 952.925.5995 |
| Fax: | 952.920.7168 |
| Sponsors public forums called Thought Leader Gatherings in which a speaker primes a group of about 200 with suggestions and ideas to move them to think about the "integration of personal growth with what we do in the world." | |
| Hope in the Cities | |
| Address: | 1103 Sunset Avenue |
| Richmond, VA 23221 | |
| Phone: | 804.358.1764 |
| Fax: | 804.358.1769 |
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| Brings political, business, and community leaders together in Richmond, VA to address racial healing. Sponsors conferences drawing international participation, has developed dialogue guides to foster conversation in communuities, and has spawned reconciliation efforts in several other cities. | |
| Imagining America | |
| Address: | 203 Tolley Building, Syracuse University |
| Syracuse, NY 13244 | |
| Phone: | 315.443.8590 |
| Fax: | 315.443.8793 |
| Contact: | Jan Cohen-Cruz |
| Title: | Director |
| Imaging America (IA) supports colleges and universities to animate and strengthen the public and civic purposes of humanities, arts, and design through mutually beneficial campus-community partnerships that advance democratic scholarship and practice. | |
| In Motion Magazine | |
| Contact: | Nic Paget-Clarke |
| Title: | Publisher and Co-editor |
| English / Spanish online magazine which promotes grassroots organizing and arts for social change among communities of color and working people. | |
| Institute for the Study of Civic Values | |
| Address: | 1218 Chestnut Street Room 702 |
| Philadelphia, PA 19107 | |
| Phone: | 215.238.1434 |
| Fax: | 215.238.0530 |
| The Institute for the Study of Civic Values is a non-profit organization established to promote the fulfillment of America's historic civic ideals. For more than 20 years in Philadelphia, the Institute has conducted a wide range of seminars, workshops, and public forums aimed at applying America's civic values to contemporary issues and problems. In the process, it has helped thousands of people and grassroots organizations gain the knowledge and skills needed for effective participation in the community and politics. | |
| Institute of Cultural Affairs | |
| Address: | 4750 North Sheridan Road |
| Chicago, IL 60640 | |
| Phone: | 773.769.6363 |
| Fax: | 773.769.1144 |
| The Institute of Cultural Affairs (ICA) is a private, not-for-profit social change organization. Its primary objective is to promote positive change in communities, organizations and individual lives in the US and around the world by helping people find their own solutions to problems and the means to implement those solutions. The ICA uses highly participatory techniques to foster creative thinking, consensus-based decision making and team building. Its methods generate ownership, create clear goals, open lines of communication, broaden perspectives and motivate people to adapt to their changing environment while honoring the cultural traditions and diversity of all involved. | |
| Institute on the Arts and Civic Dialogue | |
| Phone: | 212-992-8826 |
| The mission of the Institute on the Arts & Civic Dialogue is to cultivate the development of professional artists representing a broad range of disciplines including theatre, music, dance, the visual and literary arts, film and video, whose work addresses issues of race, identity, diversity and community. The Institute also explores how these works can engage new audiences whose members cross traditional social, economic and ethnic boundaries. The last year of operation for the Institute was 2000. | |