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CISC Dialogue Model
Listen deeply. Build trust. Move communities toward action.
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CISC Dialogue Model
The Tuskegee Public Dialogue Team (TPDT) represented an integrative public dialogue program tailored for the Black Belt region that produced community assessments enabling a platform for action unlike programs that overlook the impacts of the race within understanding. Through the establishment of the TPDT, Tuskegee University Cooperative Extension, helped communities engage in civil dialogues around racial issues and their intersections with the food system.
Civil Dialogue
Racial Equity
Community Action
WHY IT MATTERS
Knowledge connected to community action.
The TPDT, led by Dr. Lindsey Lunsford, launched a pilot discussion series with the local art collective 21 Dreams and the City of Montgomery. Using the World Café model facilitated by consultant Natilee McGruder, JD of Growing Green LLC, the dialogue series gauged community interest and input to tailor Cooperative Extension and community programming. After the pilot, attendees expressed a desire to continue to engage in dialogue and to deepen conversations. And thus, the TPDT transformed into the CISC Dialogue Model.
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