FREE Community Conversation hosting toolkit!

The National Conversation is taking this virtual dialogue into the real world by inviting the public to host and participate in nationwide Community Conversations through the end of June—and we once again invite you to share this information with your readers.

To support these conversations, the National Conversation is providing a downloadable Community Conversation Toolkit (here)

This toolkit can assist anyone who is interested in hosting a Community Conversation with all the tools he/she will need, including:

• Outreach tips for recruiting participants;
• Instructions for hosting and guiding a conversation;
• A brief background paper on the issue of public health and chemical exposures;
• A discussion guide to prompt conversations; and
• Instructions and materials for providing the National Conversation team with a summary of the conversation's major outcomes.

No expertise is needed to host or participate in a community conversation. The National Conversation team wants input from anyone with a personal and/or professional interest in environmental or public health issues—community organizations, faith-based groups, neighborhood associations, state and local agencies, and anyone else with an interest in environmental or public health issues can host a community conversation.

A summary of findings from conversations across the country will appear on a public Web site and a report. As with findings from the Web dialogues, these summaries will contribute to the overall National Conversation process, culminating in the final recommended action agenda.
Additional information on the National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures is available here

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