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5 Democratic Deliberation and Closing Reflections
5 Democratic Deliberation and Closing Reflections
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The exercise asked participants to consider what civic infrastructures are most important for advancing health equity. Each breakout group would role-play, serving as the city council of Ourlandia, with the "council members" called on to engage in a deliberative process of allocating $10 million in federal funding among four categories of civic infrastructure (see Figure 5-1 and Table 5-1)
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THE SCENARIO THE TASK Each group will play the role of the Deliberate about how the council should city council of the City of Ourlandia allocate the funding in $1M increments among 4 "buckets" of civic infrastructure, Details about city: e.g., $0 in Govt Agency Coordination, $4M in Social and demographic data: Community Media, $3M in Education, $3M • Population: 250,000 in Civil Society (and time permitting, specific • 30% Latino, 15% Black, 5% types of organizations) Asian, 2% American Indian/ Alaska Native, 48% white Review the 3 questions and complete the • 10% below federal poverty Google doc for your group: level; all races represented 1. Where did you invest the $10 million but due to historical and dollars?
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• Vision Zero advisory • Ethnic newspapers • Student clubs, collective impact/ group • Ethnic radio fraternities and action coalition • Community advisory • Ethnic television stations sororities • Local chambers committee for a master • Social media affinity • Philanthropic of commerce or general plan process groups or networks organizations and business • Community advisory Communities in improvement committee for conduct Schools districts of a community health • Food and garden • Philanthropic needs assessment by a education organizations organizations/ tax-exempt hospital or and collaboratives foundations health system • School mental • Other issue specific • Human rights health alliances or public–private commissions collaboratives coalitions 47 continued
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CA's Strategic Growth etc.; Facebook and Next Educational Justice faith communities) ; Council; Vision Zero Door groups/pages Coalition; Community- Greater Cleveland initiatives in Seattle and Campus Partnership for Congregations; Minneapolis Health Memphis Congregational Health Network; Grantmakers in Health; Health Anchor Network Agreement Disagreement Other notes SOURCE: Prepared by staff with planning committee input for use by participants in the practical exercise on June 17, 2021.
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Workshop panels highlighted how facts and data do not stand on their own, but are used to fill in a narrative with a story line that can encourage or discourage civic engagement, Baxter said. Finally, he noted that this final session had given workshop participants the opportunity to experience an example of democratic deliberation in a process characterized by the sharing of evidence, reasoned argument, honest personal testimony, empathy, and careful consideration.
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