2People (www.2people.org) just wrote to us about their current major project: The Greater Seattle Climate Dialogues is a yearlong campaign of citizen engagement, culminating in a Citizens’ Climate Summit. In addition to the Summit, they will be holding small group dialogues all year. Our goal is to create a quantum change in public understanding of this issue, and to shift the political dynamic of this issue. The science partners are the major climate institutes at the University of Washington, and coalition partners/endorsers include City and County government, non-profits such as Climate Solutions and Sierra Club, and numerous businesses and neighborhood groups.

To enhance the success of these dialogues, 2People is looking for more coalition partners, and seeking individuals who want to be part of the Dialogues outreach team. To get involved, please contact Phil Mitchell: phil@2people.org.

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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