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The
Greater Grand Rapids National Issues Forums and the Grand Rapids
Study Club Held a successful 2008 Forum
Series at the
Gerald R. Ford Museum...
Thank you to all who participated!
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The
Greater Grand Rapids National Issues Forums and the Grand
Rapids Study Class take great pleasure in presenting a new
report on a history of Deliberative Discussion Forums held in
Grand Rapids over the last eleven years regarding Racial Relations.
Click below to read this new report:
The
(Im)Possible Goal: Rowing, Not Drifting, toward Cultural Unity
in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Click
below to read a new report on:
The
State of Leadership in Grand Rapids: An Environmental Scan
A re We Making a Difference?
from
the Community Leadership Institute of Aquinas College
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In
2004, the GGRNIF:
- hosted
forums on land use - "A Nice Place to Live"
in Grand Rapids and Wright Townships.
- worked
with the National Forum on Higher Education for the Public Good
and the Center for the Study of Higher and Post secondary Education
of the University of Michigan to organize and facilitate forums
on "Who is College For?" in West Michigan.
- hosted
multiple forums on "The New Challenges of American Immigration:
What Should We Do?" with a variety of native and newly
arrived Grand Rapids residents.
-
hosted multiple forums in partnership with the Aquinas College
student mentors and faculty on "Racial and Ethnic Tensions:
What Should We Do?" at Aquinas
College.
- hosted
a forum in partnership with the Grand Rapids Study Club, KMMNBNA
National Black Nurses Association, and First Community AME Church's
Black Nurses Guild on the topic of "Not for Men Only...
Not for Women Only...HIV/AIDS: What Should We Do Now?"
in the Lacks Center of Aquinas
College.
- hosted
a community forum in partnership with the Dispute Resolution
Center and the Community Relations Commission on the topic of
"Honoring Dr. King: What Should We Do?" in
the Applied Technology Center of Grand
Rapids Community College.
- hosted
a Study Circle and one public forum with the Mayor's
Youth Council of 2004 on "Racial and Ethnic Tensions:
What Should We Do?" in the beautiful Michigan Room
at the Gerald
R. Ford Museum in downtown Grand Rapids.
-
hosted a second forum in partnership with the Grand Rapids Study
Club on "Prescription Medicine: What Should We Do?"
at the downtown Grand
Rapids Public Library auditorium. The attendees are very
interested in gathering local data through surveys, and presenting
that data to local office holders in order to address this complex
issue at the public policy level.
In
2003, the GGRNIF:
In
2002, the GGRNIF:
- hosted
a two Study Circles and one public forum with the Mayor's
Youth Council on "Racial and Ethnic Tensions: What
Should We Do?" at Ottawa Hills High School. The MYC
members participated in the dialogue and helped organize the
events.
- hosted
two separate series of Study Circles, using the "Racial
and Ethnic Tensions: What Should We Do?" issue book
and video. These
events were held at Aquinas College over either lunch or dinner
for three sessions. Co-sponsors included Campus
Ministry, Community
Leadership Institute, the Multicultural
Office, and Woodrick
Institute for the Study of Racism and Diversity.
- provided
materials on "Crime & Punishment: Is Justice Being
Served?" to the Leadership Grand Rapids Class of 2002
for dialogue and skill building.
In
2001, the GGRNIF:
- ran
several series of Study Circles, using the "Racial and
Ethnic Tensions: What Should We Do?" issue book and
video
- hosted
a forum on "Racial and Ethnic Tensions: What Should We
Do?" in the studio of GRTV
at the Community Media Center. This forum was broadcast
several times on local cable television.
- partnered
with Congruency
to facilitate "Midwest Talks: 100 Days of Dialogue"
after the events of September 11, 2001. This series ran in Grand
Rapids and Kalamazoo, MI and continued into January of 2002.
- hosted
a forum on "Facing the Future: How Should We Respond
to the Attack on Our Nation?" at the Gerald R. Ford
Museum. An ethnically and religiously diverse panel of community
members spoke about their concerns and thoughts for our future
after September 11, 2001.
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