BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:5d0feea9-adb4-480f-a066-ab8f9393256c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260802T074823Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20201007T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20201007T150000 SUMMARY:Deliberative Conversation: Policing LOCATION:Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library\nTopeka and Shawnee Coun ty Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library:geo:39.0507561,-95.6965309 GEO:39.0507561;-95.6965309 DESCRIPTION:Practice listening with empathy and respect\, considering othe r perspectives\, and weighing the trade-offs of possible actions in a Nati onal Issues Forum hosted online by the library. .\nhttps://tscpl.libnet.in fo/event/4572652 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

It&rsquo\;s never been more important to t alk to each other about tough problems. How does a deliberative conversati on work?
Between 8-16 people with a variety of perspectives will foll ow a National Issues Forum guide to discuss an issue. Each conversation wi ll address an issue that doesn't have one perfect answer. \;

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W e'll use the new issue brief "Policing:What Should We Do To Ensure Equal J ustice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities?" from National Issues Forum as the framework for our deliberation. We will spend equal time on each of three options\, examining potential actions and trade-offs for each and a dding localized potential actions and trade-offs to the national guide. Op tion 1: Change how we enforce the law. Option 2: Confront racism in polici ng. Option 3. Create new responses to nonviolent problems.

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Please register here or email connect@tscpl.org so that you can receive the link to the online Zoom meeting and receive the issue brief. If you need a prin t copy mailed to you\, please provide a mailing address. \; If you nee d to use a library Team Room to participate in this interactive virtual pr ogram\, please email connect@tscpl.org. Masks are required in the library building. Consider inviting someone to join you in deliberative conversati on\, especially someone with a different perspective\, life experience or background than you.

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We will come together through videoconferenci ng with a Zoom meeting to practice public deliberation\, speaking face-to- face from our own homes and offices. These are public deliberations on a c ommunity topic. Notes and highlights from each deliberative conversation w ill be shared at https://tscpl.org/conversations.

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Additional delib erative conversations on this issue brief "Policing:What Should We Do To E nsure Equal Justice and Fair Treatment in Our Communities?" from National Issues Forum will be scheduled several times a month through at least Janu ary 2021. If your group or organization would like to schedule or host add itional deliberative conversations using this or other issue guides with f acilitation support from the library\, contact us at connect@tscpl.org.

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