Now What?
You don't have to live in Iowa to know how intense election season is, and what a relief it can be (win or lose) when it is over. Still, so many community and public issues require more than organizing voters; what happens after an election to the enthusiasm and energy? How can a community tap into that and direct it toward other forms of public participation?
As part of the University of Iowa School of Social Work's "Social Justice Brown Bag" discussion series, Alison Oliver and David Supp-Montgomerie hosted a World Cafe-style discussion: Where Do We Go After an Election?
World Café is a structured discussion process for knowledge sharing. Groups of people discuss a topic at several tables, where you will be switching tables periodically and getting introduced to the previous discussion at their new table by an experienced table host. The goal is to learn and listen to each other about what we should do to support each other in what can be an exhausting process of building our community together.
Interested in Hosting a Discussion?
General Resources
- NCDD- National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation
- Everyday Democracy- resources for going from dialogue to action
Resources Shared by Participants
- Emergent Strategy- book by Adrienne MareeBrown
- New Georgia Project- Voter engagement project