Creating Spaces

Although this page refers to an publication on "Deliberative Democracy" I tagged it with the WCC and the term creating space, because the WCC has defined itself an organization that created a space for dialogue. Having just cobbled together a brief page on Particiapatory Democracy; it's interesting to contemplate the reaction of radical social change groups to the Deliberative Democracy outlined by the Kellogg study. (It's unclear, as I haven't read the entire study, whether deliverative democracy is a new name for particiapatory democracy. In relation to ecumenism, the social justice theology clearly uses the conduit of churches to maximize results of specific political outcomes. As stated in Religious Culture and Political Action, by Richard L.Wood of University of New Mexico, a study on using religion, i.e. faith-based community organizing:

"The social movements literature suggests that religion can help to mobilize resources for groups and organizations seeking to expand democratic participation or protect the interests of the marginalized (Zald and McCarthy 1987; McAdam 1987; Morris 1984; Smith 1991)."

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:rSazAVFLdhwJ:www.clas.ufl.edu/users/kenwald/pos6292/wood.pdf+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjYeJhV5Jxn0IhimBmBPu9TkHOSl7eHp9XjO7y9c_f7uDCX7nW281OuIza6BWdebZCnEx8KD91VT6LkuctvRo-0Peu0TljZy9RPjarzm-qKRpDFkl53Qz-dFnTah2omTNpKx6En&sig=AHIEtbRLPydPTxIlypqhEIe_PYowLb-8VQ

NOTE and reflection

Deliberative Democracy
Creating a Space for Change

W.K Kellogg Foundation

Commissioned by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and written by Matt Leighninger of the Deliberative Democracy Consortium.

in 2008 the foundation launched a “learning year,” featuring a dialogue among 40 organizations from across the country, all committed to civic engagement, albeit using a variety of approaches, with a variety of objectives.

Marshall Ganz helped prepare thousands of citizens to work coheisively and effectively on the 2008 presidential campaign.

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:DrJBNmheM9gJ:www.everyday-democracy.org/en/Publication.153.aspx+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESjLTDxg328_ccE4ylliTfA6tr_HJ-brFUAKUMI2UoNKLQNDJmvcYpTIKt5s3zspM_9PhKGk4zKLKvRBPhtS0yRzHyxHIFMsfz4LsinfJQe-TindfSdCAtiylNozTQKVIFdncASU&sig=AHIEtbQlfwQ1493EIOgd5YUY4WzfLBgMeg