1: Issue Books & Materials

Ensure the ongoing preparation of issue books and other materials that will stimulate serious public deliberation on major issues that Americans face nationally and locally

Other Information:

Among the publications developed each year are issue books used in the forums-clearly written nonpartisan booklets that describe the problem and present citizens with the advantages and costs of alternative policy choices. Regular, abridged, and Spanish editions of many of the issue books are available, as are videotapes and, in the case of the most recent books, DVDs. Abridged editions are designed for both adult and young new readers.

Stakeholder(s):

• Kettering Foundation: Although all forum activity is locally organized, moderated, and financed, the materials they use in common are produced by the Kettering Foundation of Dayton, Ohio, among others, and promoted by the National Issues Forums Institute.


• Adult Readers


• Young New Readers

Objective(s):

1

Content