Thanks to Lily Cavanaugh for posting this April 23rd article from the Dayton Daily News in the NCDD LinkedIn group…

Fellowship teaches politicians civility, leadership
Democrats, Republicans learn together in all-expense-paid trips

COLUMBUS — State Sen. Shannon Jones, former Hamilton County Commissioner David Pepper and Secretary of State Jon Husted are among some 144 political leaders nationally who accepted all-expense-paid trips to places like Aspen, Colo., Beijing, New Delhi and Cairo during the past six years.  In a day and age of acrimony and incendiary rhetoric on the political battlefields, they were afforded the opportunity to spend time reflecting on leadership, conducting civil discussions and investigating critical global issues… (see full article)

Sandy Heierbacher

Sandy Heierbacher co-founded the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation (NCDD) with Andy Fluke in 2002, with the 60 volunteers and 50 organizations who worked together to plan NCDD’s first national conference. She served as NCDD's Executive Director between 2002 and 2018. Click here for a list of articles and resources authored by Sandy.

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