National Issues Forum – Grant Opportunities for Individuals

Elizabeth “Libby” Kingseed Teaching with Deliberation Memorial Award

The National Issues Forums Institute (NIFI) is accepting grant applications from K-12 teachers for the Elizabeth “Libby” Kingseed Teaching with Deliberation Memorial Award. The deadline to apply is April 18, 2022.

The award recognizes the commitment that Libby Kingseed had to civic education, especially her support of teacher networking, experimentation, and reflection on the use of deliberation in the classroom. 
This award is open to any K-12 teacher who is inspired to implement deliberation or deliberative pedagogy in the classroom and who is new to using the practices. The teacher should have a demonstrated commitment to fostering the civic development of students, though it is not necessary that they be a civics or social studies teacher. All K-12 teachers are encouraged to apply. 
Current grant recipients:

• Michael Cruse, special education and English language learner resource teacher at the H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program in the Arlington Public Schools, Arlington, VA.
• Amy Nocton, Spanish teacher and advisor for the Deliberation and Discourse Project at the E.O. Smith High School, Storrs, CT. 
•  Brandon Thornton, language arts and mathematics teach at the Bloomington High School, Bloomington, IL. 
• Lisa Bietau is currently working with the Manhattan-Ogden Public Schools and Kansas 4-H to increase the impact and opportunity for students to engage in civic actions in the classroom, school, and at state levels.

Click here and here to learn more about their deliberative practices in the classroom and in communities.”

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About Deliberation in National Issues Forums
National Issues Forums issue guides are designed to stimulate public deliberation, which is a way of making decisions together that is different from discussion or debate. The purpose of deliberative forums is to inform collective action. As citizens, we have to make decisions together before we can act together, whether with other citizens or through legislative bodies. Acting together is essential for addressing problems that can’t be solved by one group of people or one institution. These problems have more than one cause and therefore have to be met by a number of mutually reinforcing initiatives with broad public participation.

About the National Issues Forums Institute
The National Issues Forums Institute’s mission is to promote the use of public deliberation in schools, colleges, civic organizations, and religious institutions in the United States. The institute’s board members are volunteers drawn from leaders in government, colleges and universities, libraries, civic organizations, the media, and medicine. For more information visit www.nifi.org.