2016 was another transformative year at the Jefferson Center. We’ve strengthened our existing partnerships and forged new relationships both in the United States and globally. We’re expanding our reach, deepening our impact in all our program areas, and advancing citizens and citizen power as the foundation of our democracy. In this report, you'll find our program highlights from this year and our outlooks for 2017.
Download the lesson plan here: http://everyday-democracy.org/resources/civic-engagement-lesson-plan-parts-1-and-2
Lesson Plan 1 is an introduction to "civic health" and its connection to "great citizenship." It helps students learn about how ordinary citizens in Connecticut participate in the public arena by volunteering, voting, donating, working with neighbors and public officials, learning about and engaging on issues, attending public events and hearings, etc. They also get to reflect on what are some of the attributes of "great citizenship," examine their own communities and civic health in Connecticut, and understand the importance of civic participation for making communities and our society better for all.
Lesson Plan 2 is an introduction to Chapter 3 in Eric Liu's book "The Gardens of Democracy," which discusses the attributes and value of "great citizenship" for our society and democracy. Students will be able to reflect on and model "great citizenship" in their schools, neighborhoods, and pubic life. By allowing students to explore their connections to others at their schools and communities and adopting a different way of thinking about collective responsibility, this learning can be transformative and imbued with civic agency.
Informed Citizen Akron #1: Improving Candidate-Focused Media Coverage in the ...Jefferson Center
This the first out of three reports in the Informed Citizen Akron project. A demographically-balanced panel of eighteen Akron-area residents met at the University of Akron Student Center to participate in the Informed Citizen Akron project, and were given the charge to learn from media experts, to deliberate, and to generate recommendations for how local and Ohio-based media partners can improve issue-based coverage during the 2016 presidential election.
Here is the work I did as Media Assistant for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. The content of this Press kit includes the following categories: Current media presence and perception, a prospective media positioning statement, best opportunities for media placement, target media outlets, challenges and risks, as well as a variety of sample press releases.
Download the lesson plan here: http://everyday-democracy.org/resources/civic-engagement-lesson-plan-parts-1-and-2
Lesson Plan 1 is an introduction to "civic health" and its connection to "great citizenship." It helps students learn about how ordinary citizens in Connecticut participate in the public arena by volunteering, voting, donating, working with neighbors and public officials, learning about and engaging on issues, attending public events and hearings, etc. They also get to reflect on what are some of the attributes of "great citizenship," examine their own communities and civic health in Connecticut, and understand the importance of civic participation for making communities and our society better for all.
Lesson Plan 2 is an introduction to Chapter 3 in Eric Liu's book "The Gardens of Democracy," which discusses the attributes and value of "great citizenship" for our society and democracy. Students will be able to reflect on and model "great citizenship" in their schools, neighborhoods, and pubic life. By allowing students to explore their connections to others at their schools and communities and adopting a different way of thinking about collective responsibility, this learning can be transformative and imbued with civic agency.
Informed Citizen Akron #1: Improving Candidate-Focused Media Coverage in the ...Jefferson Center
This the first out of three reports in the Informed Citizen Akron project. A demographically-balanced panel of eighteen Akron-area residents met at the University of Akron Student Center to participate in the Informed Citizen Akron project, and were given the charge to learn from media experts, to deliberate, and to generate recommendations for how local and Ohio-based media partners can improve issue-based coverage during the 2016 presidential election.
Here is the work I did as Media Assistant for the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. The content of this Press kit includes the following categories: Current media presence and perception, a prospective media positioning statement, best opportunities for media placement, target media outlets, challenges and risks, as well as a variety of sample press releases.
This workshop will take students on a trip across the city to discuss best practices in learning from one's community to make a more significant impact in it. Presenters will overview an approach taken in learning from the local Spring Hill community, assessing their needs, and working with them to combat a lack of fresh produce with the creation of a community garden. By learning from successes and failures of those involved, students will be better able to analyze what they can do as a Bonner Program and university to make positive change.
This guide is developed to address two key food-related health disparities facing New York City: diabetes and heart-disease. We believe the food and health gap affects individuals, families, and communities on multiple levels including the level of the spirit or soul. As such, we value the participation of people of all faiths and we welcome all to bring the whole of their experience into the dialogue.
Recentering Democracy Around Citizens Multimedia ReportMatt Leighninger
How might we redesign local democracy around the day-to-day goals and concerns of citizens? A set of leaders in civic engagement, including representatives of national associations that represent local officials, school systems, funders, and other leaders, met in early 2010 to compare notes on their work in communities and discuss possibilities for innovation. This report describes their discussion and recommendations.
In this paper we deal with the relationship between external donors and village organizations (VOs) in Western Sub-Saharan Africa. We utilize a large dataset of village organizations in rural areas of Senegal and Burkina Faso. We argue that the kind of relationship established with northern donors may have effects on the governance mechanisms of the village organization. We investigate to what extent differences in the foundation of the VO and of the partnership with the external donor can partially explain outcomes and membership structures of the VO itself. Our results go in the direction of possible diverging effects of a donor intervention in the village organization, according to the degree of proactivity and initiative that the VO
displays.
Authors: Cecilia Navarra, University of Namur, CRED, Rempart de la Vierge, 8, 5000 Namur, Belgium. Elena Vallino, University of Torino, Department of Economics and Statistics, Lungo Dora Siena 100/A, 10153 Torino, Italy.
Moderator Jackie Taylor and Panelists Ben Merrion, Eric Nesheim, and JoAnn Weinberger, explore strategies their state / district organizations have found effective in raising awareness of adult education and literacy.
The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) sent a letter to the Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight urging it to avoid actions that might diminish or severely restrict the U.S. government’s use of approved public relations and public affairs contractors.
This in-depth report measures citizen engagement in the constitution state in voting, volunteerism and community involvement in the state of Connecticut.
A coalition of groups — including the Secretary of the State, Everyday Democracy, the National Conference on Citizenship and DataHaven — launched the 2016 Civic Health Index Report today. The survey evaluates the depth of citizen engagement through a variety of indicators such as voting, volunteering and other forms of community involvement.
Download the report at: http://everyday-democracy.org/resources/2016-connecticut-civic-health-index
This workshop will take students on a trip across the city to discuss best practices in learning from one's community to make a more significant impact in it. Presenters will overview an approach taken in learning from the local Spring Hill community, assessing their needs, and working with them to combat a lack of fresh produce with the creation of a community garden. By learning from successes and failures of those involved, students will be better able to analyze what they can do as a Bonner Program and university to make positive change.
This guide is developed to address two key food-related health disparities facing New York City: diabetes and heart-disease. We believe the food and health gap affects individuals, families, and communities on multiple levels including the level of the spirit or soul. As such, we value the participation of people of all faiths and we welcome all to bring the whole of their experience into the dialogue.
Recentering Democracy Around Citizens Multimedia ReportMatt Leighninger
How might we redesign local democracy around the day-to-day goals and concerns of citizens? A set of leaders in civic engagement, including representatives of national associations that represent local officials, school systems, funders, and other leaders, met in early 2010 to compare notes on their work in communities and discuss possibilities for innovation. This report describes their discussion and recommendations.
In this paper we deal with the relationship between external donors and village organizations (VOs) in Western Sub-Saharan Africa. We utilize a large dataset of village organizations in rural areas of Senegal and Burkina Faso. We argue that the kind of relationship established with northern donors may have effects on the governance mechanisms of the village organization. We investigate to what extent differences in the foundation of the VO and of the partnership with the external donor can partially explain outcomes and membership structures of the VO itself. Our results go in the direction of possible diverging effects of a donor intervention in the village organization, according to the degree of proactivity and initiative that the VO
displays.
Authors: Cecilia Navarra, University of Namur, CRED, Rempart de la Vierge, 8, 5000 Namur, Belgium. Elena Vallino, University of Torino, Department of Economics and Statistics, Lungo Dora Siena 100/A, 10153 Torino, Italy.
Moderator Jackie Taylor and Panelists Ben Merrion, Eric Nesheim, and JoAnn Weinberger, explore strategies their state / district organizations have found effective in raising awareness of adult education and literacy.
The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) sent a letter to the Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight urging it to avoid actions that might diminish or severely restrict the U.S. government’s use of approved public relations and public affairs contractors.
This in-depth report measures citizen engagement in the constitution state in voting, volunteerism and community involvement in the state of Connecticut.
A coalition of groups — including the Secretary of the State, Everyday Democracy, the National Conference on Citizenship and DataHaven — launched the 2016 Civic Health Index Report today. The survey evaluates the depth of citizen engagement through a variety of indicators such as voting, volunteering and other forms of community involvement.
Download the report at: http://everyday-democracy.org/resources/2016-connecticut-civic-health-index
The information in this report highlights the important work of several nonprofit organizations within Stockton communities to combat the negative effects of environmental degradation and environmental injustice. They work to create a more just and equitable community where everyone has a voice at the table.
Across England local Healthwatch are working to find out what people want from health and care services and to make sure that those who run services hear these views.
We’ve pulled together 28 stories from our 2016 Healthwatch Network Awards of how peoples views are helping to improve NHS and social care services across England.
Michael Hernández - Transforming Communities, Improving LivesMichael Hernández
Bio of a public health professional.
"How may I help?" and "what can I do?" two simple questions that have guided my professional career, as well as my personal growth and development. Whether working for health equity, helping a fellow team member succeed, or seeking to improve myself, they are the principles that guide me daily.
Proposal: Launch a community-based action-learning lab to accelerate innovation and application of systematic approaches to civic stewardship.
Approach: Applies systematic methods in the civic context that are now used in successful organizations to increase local ownership for ambitious goals, and to foster innovation and collaboration for achieving them.
Opportunity: Spur progress on our most persistent and costly socio-economic and environmental problems by cultivating a national network of neighborhood-based civic stewardship initiatives. A critical mass of neighborhood efforts in 300 U.S. cities can save hundreds of billions in annual government costs, while fostering “collective efficacy” and wellbeing in communities nationwide.
Why now: Recent developments in measures (spurred by the proliferation of “public data”), social media (e.g., neighborhood websites), and monetization (e.g., social impact bonds) are “disruptive innovations” that create ripe opportunities for quantum change.
Advancing Racial Equity through Community Engagement in Collective ImpactLiving Cities
Tackling racial inequalities head on is critical to dramatically improving results for low-income people. As a starting point, equitable collaboration with people of color is critical to ensure that social change efforts are informed by the lived experience of the communities they seek to benefit.
Our webinar explored how to ensure that community residents influence the design and direction of collective impact initiatives. View the slides for insights from our panel of cross-sector leaders working to advance racial equity.
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this training you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
How to Use HealthyCity.org to Influence PolicyHealthy City
These slides are from a webinar designed to demonstrate how to use HealthyCity.org to inform and communicate your advocacy and policy goals. Integrating the data and tools available on HealthyCity.org into your organizational advocacy and policy strategies can broaden efforts to influence decision-making at the local, state, and federal level.
In this webinar you will learn how to:
- Research relevant resources and data throughout California such as demographic, health, education, and housing to inform your organizational policy proposals.
- Create maps and charts that can visually communicate your advocacy message to impact policy decisions.
- Gather data to enhance on-the-ground knowledge of the community’s perspective and needs in relation to specific policy proposals and decisions.
- Connect communities, advocates, and decision-makers to information and data to stimulate action for policy change.
The National Dialogue on Mental Health (National Dialogue) was launched to give Americans a chance to learn more, from research and from each other, about mental health issues. People across the nation have organized community conversations to assess how mental health problems affect their communities and to discuss topics related to the mental health of young people. In a variety of ways, they have taken action to improve mental health in their families, schools and communities. These actions have encompassed the prevention of mental illness, promotion of mental health, public education and awareness, early identification, treatment, crisis response, and supports for recovery.
Several deliberative dialogue organizations, including Everyday Democracy, came together to form Creating Community Solutions (CCS) to support the National Dialogue. An evaluation of CCS was conducted to understand the extent to which a large-scale public conversation can lead to greater public awareness, education, and local action on mental health and what it takes to connect local conversations to issues of national significance. Since the spring of 2013, CCS helped to organize 6 lead city, large-scale dialogues reaching 1,741 participants, and 258 distributed conversations, totaling over 11,000 participants. An innovative, texting-supported, face-to-face process called “Text, Talk, Act” (TTA) engaged an additional 27,500 participants. In total, the project has touched directly over 40,000 individuals.
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Brian Draxten, Director of Resource Planning at Otter Tail Power Company, discusses how the utility makes resource decisions and how they see the energy future.
City of Morris, Minnesota: Climate Smart MunicipalityJefferson Center
Blaine Hill, the City Manager of Morris, MN, discusses the city’s efforts to make Morris climate-smart, as well as their expanding partnership with the city of Saerbeck, Germany.
Mike Reese, director of the Renewable Energy Program at the West Central Research and Outreach Center provides an "Energy 101" to residents of Stevens County.
In today's political environment, is it possible to have the kinds of conversation that makes democracy meaningful? The Twin Cities Election Forum worked to produce a list of reasons why Twin Cities voters might support each of the major-party presidential candidates and to cultivate understanding across the partisan divide.
Clearing the Error: Patient Participation in Reducing Diagnostic ErrorJefferson Center
To generate new, patient-centered insights into diagnostic error, we convened diverse groups in public deliberation to recommend and evaluate actions that patients and/or their advocates would be willing and able to perform to improve diagnostic quality.
The Stevens County Climate Dialogue is the first in a series of projects aimed at supporting rural citizens to assert leadership and build resiliency in the face of extreme weather and changing climate conditions.
The Winona County Climate Dialogue is the third in a series of projects aimed at supporting rural citizens to assert leadership and build resiliency in the face of extreme weather and changing climate conditions.
The Itasca County Climate Dialogue is the second in a series of projects aimed at supporting rural citizens to assert leadership and build resiliency in the face of extreme weather and changing climate conditions.
Informed Citizen Akron Report #3: Improving Candidate-Focused Media Coverage ...Jefferson Center
In the final deliberation, Akron-area citizens generated their recommendations for how local and Ohio-based media partners can improve issue-based coverage during the 2016 presidential election.
Informed Citizen Akron #2: Improving Candidate-Focused Media Coverage in the ...Jefferson Center
Following the momentum of the first Informed Citizen Akron, 18 Akron-area residents continued to learn from media experts, to deliberate, and to generate recommendations for how local and Ohio-based media partners can improve issue-based coverage during the 2016 presidential election.
In our Rural Climate Dialogues program, we work with rural communities to develop and implement plans to strengthen community resilience in the face of climate change. The state convening took place in Saint Paul, inviting residents of Winona, Itasca, and Stevens County to discuss sustainability goals and collaboration with state agencies.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
About Potato, The scientific name of the plant is Solanum tuberosum (L).Christina Parmionova
The potato is a starchy root vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile
Synopsis (short abstract) In December 2023, the UN General Assembly proclaimed 30 May as the International Day of Potato.
Preliminary findings _OECD field visits to ten regions in the TSI EU mining r...OECDregions
Preliminary findings from OECD field visits for the project: Enhancing EU Mining Regional Ecosystems to Support the Green Transition and Secure Mineral Raw Materials Supply.
Jennifer Schaus and Associates hosts a complimentary webinar series on The FAR in 2024. Join the webinars on Wednesdays and Fridays at noon, eastern.
Recordings are on YouTube and the company website.
https://www.youtube.com/@jenniferschaus/videos
Combined Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) Vessel List.Christina Parmionova
The best available, up-to-date information on all fishing and related vessels that appear on the illegal, unregulated, and unreported (IUU) fishing vessel lists published by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and related organisations. The aim of the site is to improve the effectiveness of the original IUU lists as a tool for a wide variety of stakeholders to better understand and combat illegal fishing and broader fisheries crime.
To date, the following regional organisations maintain or share lists of vessels that have been found to carry out or support IUU fishing within their own or adjacent convention areas and/or species of competence:
Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR)
Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna (CCSBT)
General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM)
Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC)
International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT)
Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (NAFO)
North East Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC)
North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC)
South East Atlantic Fisheries Organisation (SEAFO)
South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation (SPRFMO)
Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement (SIOFA)
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC)
The Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List merges all these sources into one list that provides a single reference point to identify whether a vessel is currently IUU listed. Vessels that have been IUU listed in the past and subsequently delisted (for example because of a change in ownership, or because the vessel is no longer in service) are also retained on the site, so that the site contains a full historic record of IUU listed fishing vessels.
Unlike the IUU lists published on individual RFMO websites, which may update vessel details infrequently or not at all, the Combined IUU Fishing Vessel List is kept up to date with the best available information regarding changes to vessel identity, flag state, ownership, location, and operations.
Working with data is a challenge for many organizations. Nonprofits in particular may need to collect and analyze sensitive, incomplete, and/or biased historical data about people. In this talk, Dr. Cori Faklaris of UNC Charlotte provides an overview of current AI capabilities and weaknesses to consider when integrating current AI technologies into the data workflow. The talk is organized around three takeaways: (1) For better or sometimes worse, AI provides you with “infinite interns.” (2) Give people permission & guardrails to learn what works with these “interns” and what doesn’t. (3) Create a roadmap for adding in more AI to assist nonprofit work, along with strategies for bias mitigation.
RFP for Reno's Community Assistance CenterThis Is Reno
Property appraisals completed in May for downtown Reno’s Community Assistance and Triage Centers (CAC) reveal that repairing the buildings to bring them back into service would cost an estimated $10.1 million—nearly four times the amount previously reported by city staff.
Monitoring Health for the SDGs - Global Health Statistics 2024 - WHOChristina Parmionova
The 2024 World Health Statistics edition reviews more than 50 health-related indicators from the Sustainable Development Goals and WHO’s Thirteenth General Programme of Work. It also highlights the findings from the Global health estimates 2021, notably the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on life expectancy and healthy life expectancy.
2. Hello Friends,
We are delighted to update you on another transformative year for us here
at the Jefferson Center. We’ve strengthened our existing partnerships and
forged new relationships both in the United States and globally. We’re
expanding our reach, deepening our impact in all our program areas, and
advancing citizens and citizen power as the foundation of our democracy.
In a year that has seen confidence in democratic institutions fray
domestically and abroad, our work highlights the awesome potential
of individuals and communities working together to develop creative
solutions to today’s most complex challenges.
In 2017, we will continue our work on local government reform, media
engagement and innovation, and community-based action on climate
change. We’re proud of the gains we’ve made together in recent years and
can’t thank you enough for your ongoing support and generosity. We will
build on this foundation as we work to strengthen democracy by tapping
into the wisdom and ingenuity of all Americans.
Sincerely,
Kyle Bozentko
Executive Director
LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
3. PROGRAM PROGRESS IN 2016
In 2016, we focused on our program partnerships, expanded our impact, and deepened the
Jefferson Center’s role in designing the future of democracy.
CLIMATE & COMMUNITY RESILIENCE
The capstone of the first round of Rural Climate Dialogues brought together participants
and community leaders from Stevens County, Itasca County, and Winona County, along
with staff from Minnesota state agencies and nonprofits, to better understand the
challenges and opportunities for rural communities in addressing the impacts of climate
change. The two-day deliberative session revealed statewide policy priorities to address
climate change, identified gaps in state programs and policies and solutions to better
serve rural communities, and connected rural residents as a way to engender better
coordination for future community resilience work.
See more at jefferson-center.org/rcd-state-convening
WINONA COUNTY CLIMATE DIALOGUE
RURAL CLIMATE DIALOGUES STATE CONVENING
With the Institute for Agriculture and
Trade Policy, we held the third Rural
Climate Dialogue in Southeastern
Minnesota’s Winona County. Eighteen
county residents gathered for three days
to study and discuss extreme weather
and the changing climate and recommend ways to strengthen their community’s
resilience in the face of change.
Thanks to support from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, local organizations
and individuals are implementing pilot projects designed by the Citizens Jury aimed
at increasing resilience. These pilot projects will also serve as models for other
communities around Minnesota.
See more at jefferson-center.org/winona
As a result of the Rural Climate Dialogues, rural residents across the state are taking steps to enhance
community resilience and are giving voice to rural communities often left out of state-level policy
development.
“Many would likely wager that a climate discussion would paralyze rural residents, divide them,
and lead to more finger pointing than hand holding. But not here.”
- Anna Claussen, Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
4. ELECTIONS, GOVERNANCE & MEDIA
Our work is changing how local media and government connect to the communities they serve and
reimagines partnerships between once-competing organizations in order to build healthier media
ecosystems and a stronger democracy.
“If journalists are to reconnect with citizens, we need to listen to them negotiate tough issues.
The Jefferson Center’s Citizens Jury model does that.”
- Doug Oplinger, Akron Beacon Journal
As residents of a perennial battleground state, Ohioans are
inundated with political advertisements and soundbite-
driven political coverage each election cycle. In an effort to
help Ohioans have deeper, more meaningful conversations
about politics, we joined with the Akron Beacon Journal to
explore opportunities for local news media to engage their
audiences about the issues and coverage that matter most.
Through Citizens Juries, statewide polling, and community
engagement events, Ohioans created recommendations
focused on shifting the role of news and journalism in their communities.
A coalition of participating news media organizations across the state took these
recommendations to heart and began experimenting with different political coverage
and new audience engagement strategies. To build on the experimentation of Informed
Citizen Akron, we are supporting Ohio news outlets through the Your Voice Ohio
collaborative into 2017 and beyond. Through this effort, we’ll work to reinvigorate
sustainable local journalism by leveraging local news to empower an active, engaged,
and informed citizenry.
See more at jefferson-center.org/ic-akron
INFORMED CITIZEN AKRON & YOUR VOTE OHIO
Amid a contentious election season, we
joined with the University of Minnesota
to engage 50 Twin Cities metro
residents to craft, across party lines,
the top reasons someone might support
each major party presidential candidate. In support of University of Minnesota project
lead Dr. C. Daniel Myers, we assisted in the project design, participant recruitment, and
facilitation instruction for Dr. Myers’ students. Led by the trained student facilitators,
the Twin Cities Election Forum uncovered the values and priorities underpinning
the electoral decisions citizens made and demonstrated the value of deliberation in
increasing mutual understanding between supporters of each candidate.
See more at jefferson-center.org/twin-cities-election-forum
TWIN CITIES ELECTION FORUM
5. As a part of a multi-year Operations and Sustainability Initiative,
Cleveland City Council (Ohio) leadership recognized a need to
deploy a more proactive research and policy making approach to
address constituents’ concerns and promote shared problem solving
throughout the City. We partnered with the Cobalt Group to conduct
interviews of City Council leadership to identify shared challenges,
opportunities, and possibilities for collaboration and innovation
across committees. To that end, we continue working with
committee chairs and research/policy staff in the Clerk of Council’s
Office to establish a metrics-based system for implementing collaborative, citizen-
focused policymaking on behalf of their constituents.
CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL
In an effort to inform and engage citizens
in advance of a decision to expand nuclear
waste disposal in South Australia, the
newDemocracy Foundation hosted two
Citizens Juries to determine if, and under what circumstances, the South Australian
public might support nuclear waste disposal in the state. We supported this effort by
developing materials for participants and assisting in process design conversations.
The South Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet is incorporating results from
the Citizens Juries as the foundation for a broader engagement process to inform its
decision on the nuclear waste question.
YOUR SAY NUCLEAR
Through research conducted in partnership with the Kettering
Foundation, the Jefferson Center investigated the role of public
deliberation in improving collaboration among organizations with
different missions but shared goals. Drawing from the experience of
our collaboration in Informed Citizen Akron and Your Vote Ohio, the
report highlighted the value of deliberation in defining shared goals,
clarifying roles around those goals, and building greater buy-in among
participating organizations.
USING DELIBERATION TO GUIDE COLLABORATION
6. PATIENT ENGAGEMENT & PATIENT POLICY
Our patient engagement work has been met by wider institutional support for inclusion in
policy development in addition to the recognition we have received for the unique value
public participation, and Citizens Juries in particular, offer the healthcare field.
Recognized by IAP2 USA and IAP2 International as ‘Research Project of the Year,’
Clearing the Error connected us with researchers at Syracuse University and the Society
to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine to assess the value of deliberation in reducing errors
made during the diagnostic process. We convened citizens in six days of deliberation
to develop patient-focused recommendations for reducing diagnostic error. These
recommendations were subsequently assessed for feasibility and likelihood of impact by
healthcare consumers and physicians.
The Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine
is working now to implement the top
recommendations in health systems across
the country, including through training for
clinicians and patient advocates, implementing
and evaluating recommendations through controlled
experiments in clinical settings, and initiating policy
reform in regional healthcare systems to strengthen
patient participation in the diagnostic process.
See more at jefferson-center.org/patient-dx
CLEARING THE ERROR
“Working with the Jefferson Center reaffirmed the value of informed patient perspectives and
provided a versatile model for engaging patients and healthcare consumers.”
- Malcolm Oswald, The University of Manchester
We partnered with University of Manchester’s Health e-Research Centre and Citizens’
Juries c.i.c. to design and facilitate a series of Citizens Juries on the topic of health
data usage and data privacy. Participants discussed the use of NHS data for research
and commercial purposes, and the results from their deliberations were utilized by the
National Health Service’s Information Commissioner and the National Data Guardian to
act as guidelines for future medical data sharing practices in the United Kingdom.
Connected Health Cities, an effort aimed at using data to improve health and spur
economic investment in Northern England, also commissioned two Juries to guide their
data sharing and usage policies for a series of planned and
potential uses of health data throughout the multi-year
initiative.
See more at jefferson-center.org/health-record-privacy-in-the-uk
HEALTH DATA ON TRIAL
7. FOUNDER CONTRIBUTIONS
GRANTS & IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS
EARNED INCOME
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
2012
Total Revenue = $226,697
REVENUE GROWTH, 2012-2016
2013
Total Revenue = $185,578
92%
99%
2014 58%
Total Revenue = $207,965
2015
Total Revenue = $635,540
51%
2016
37%
22%
38%
3%
Total Revenue = $659,833