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Te mission o the Center is to

support sustainable deliberative

democracy in Hampton Roads and

to connect public decision making

with civil dialogue and the inormed

judgment o the regions citizens.

... at the

beginning o the

twenty-frst century,

citizens seem better at

governing, and worse

at being governed, than

ever beore ... .On the other

side o this divide, local

leaders are becoming

tired o conrontation

and desperate or

resources.

Matt Leighninger,The Next

Form of Democracy

www.hrcce.org

Board of Directors:

Sharon AdamsJim BabcockChris BonneyCindy CarlsonMinette CooperQuentin KiddHenry LightBetsy McBrideMike Monteith

Jim Oliver, ChairmanBob ONeillVivian Paige, Treasurer

Anita PostonSuzanne Puryear, SecretaryRoger Richman

John RoweAlvin Schexnider, Vice-ChairmanBert SchmidtRay TaylorSanford Wanner

Program Fellows:

Joshua BehrCarolyn CaywoodBarbara ClarkKevin FairleyRich GollLouis GuyEllis Hinnant-WillRamesh KapoorStephanie KlinkenbergerMike KneplerEd MaroneyNicole Auer McGeeKen Wheeler

Staff:

Rob Edwards, Administrative DirectorBetsy McBride, Executive DirectorMike Rau, WebmasterTodd Solomon, Program Director

Development Consultant: Ron Hunt

Hampton RoadsCenter for Civic Engagement

5200 Hampton Blvd.Norfolk, VA 23508

Phone: 757.889.9359

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The future vitality of the entire

Hampton Roads region requires not

only careful planning on the part

of public agencies, but also more considered,

knowledgeable and balanced engagement on the

part of the regions citizens.The Hampton Roads Center for Civic

Engagement provides decision-makers, interest

groups and citizens with reliable, state-of-the-art

methods for involving citizens in problem solving

and planning.

The Center is a neutral source of information

to support fact-based dialogue on the thorniest

of regional issues. It structures and facilitates

civic engagement processes that provide for the

productive collaboration between the citizens and

their governments.

By encouraging the inclusion of more citizens

in the public choices related to their regions quality

of life and future, the Centers work enhances the

accountability and transparency of public agencies.

The Centers work helps reduce parochial

thinking and geographic polarization, boost regional

understanding and bring into the public dialogue,

voices that have long been overlooked.

...ocquevilles conclusion (was)

that a vibrant, ace-to-ace local

democratic practice was essential

to keeping alive the civic virtues

without which democracy itsel

cannot survive.Daniel Kemmis, Beyond National Democracy

Serving the communies ofAmericas rst region

Hampton Roads

centerfor

Civic Engagement

l. CustomPublicInvolvementProjects

Consultaon

Design

Management

Faci litaon

II. Training

PurposefulPublicMeengs

HowtoBenetfromCivicEngagement

PosiveCizenCommunicaon

andTrustBuilding

ParcipatorySocialMediaand

PublicInsights

EssenalPrinciples

EecveTools

AvoidingthePialls

FramingIssuestoMovePastDeadlock

III. ResearchandInformaon

Surveys

FocusGroups

DataBases

Webliographies

IssueMaterials

CommunityDiscussionGuides

IV. SpecializedToolsandProcesses

KeypadPollingforConsensusBuilding

CommunityDialogueandDeliberaon IssueMappingandFraming

ProcessAudits

PrincipledPublicCommunicaon

ProjectWebsites

Te public is not simply aconsensual body; it is a primary

source o political energy.David Matthews, Kettering Review