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Welcome!
Many Religions, One Community is a nationwide grassroots dialogue project, offering the award-winning PBS film Cities of Light to organizations and groups interested in screening the film and hosting a community dialogue. Once you sign up to host a community dialogue, 20,000 Dialogues and Public Agenda will help you identify partners, plan your event program and facilitate your dialogue. After you sign up, you will be eligible to apply for financial support and technical assistance in hosting and facilitating your dialogue.
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- Sign Up
Once you have signed up, you will receive a free DVD copy of Cities of Light and the dialogue toolkit to help you plan your community dialogue.
- Schedule an Orientation Webinar
You will receive an orientation webinar. The orientation webinar can be customized for your staff and for partners.
- Invite Participants
Make a list of people in your community who might want to participate in your dialogue, paying special attention to inviting a diverse cross-section of people from a variety of faiths and cultural backgrounds. You may want to use online invitation tools such as Evite or EventBrite.
- Prepare Materials
Once you have signed up to host a community dialogue, you will be mailed a copy of the dialogue toolkit and additional materials to help you plan your event and to provide to participants at the dialogue. You can also download copies of the toolkit and other resources online.
- Facilitate the Dialogue
Use the “Facilitator’s Guide” (included in the dialogue toolkit) to facilitate dialogue in small groups after viewing the film. The Facilitator’s Guide offers step-by-step guidance for how to organize and facilitate your community dialogue.
- Evaluate the Dialogue
Have participants at your community dialogue complete both the pre- and post-dialogue questionnaires (included in the dialogue toolkit) and fill out the facilitator’s evaluation form and return all completed evaluations to 20,000 Dialogues and Public Agenda.
If you need more information about how to get started with planning your community dialogue, contact McKenna Morrigan, Public Engagement Associate at Public Agenda, at mmorrigan@publicagenda.org or (212) 686-6610 x52.
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