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Abortion
Dialogue among Pro-Life
and Pro-choice Leaders,
in conjunction with
the Public Conversations
Project:
six-year dialogue
on the issue of
abortion, called
for by the Massachusetts
Governor and the
Cardinal of the
Archdiocese of Boston
after fatal shootings
at two Massachusetts
women’s health
clinics. Dialogue
participants coauthored
a Boston Globe article
describing their
experiences of the
facilitated dialogue. |
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| Informational
Meetings for Responsible
Parties at Beede Superfund
Site, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Region I:
informational meetings
for early de minimis
(smallest contributors)
settlement offered
to 900 potentially
responsible parties
(PRPs), of which 496
settled. |
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| UN
Civil Society Outreach
Symposium, sponsored
by The Stanley Foundation,
cosponsored by the
World Federation of
United Nations Associations
Under the Patronage
of the President of
the General Assembly
of the United Nations:
meeting of non-governmental
organization leaders,
United Nations senior
staff, permanent representatives
to the United Nations,
and multi-lateral
finance organization
officials to recommend
strategies for strengthening
the relationship between
civil society and
the UN System. |
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| Middle
East Fellows Dialogue,
Institute for Social
and Economic Policy
in the Middle East,
Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard
University: facilitated
discussions among
Israeli and Palestinian
health care professionals
to build relationships
to support joint health
care projects in the
West Bank and Gaza. |
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| Ariel
Rios Building Murals,
General Services Administration:
SP&A facilitated
a meeting under of
the National Historic
Preservation Act,
Section 106, concerning
six murals displayed
at the historic Ariel
Rios Federal Building,
location of U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
(EPA) offices. Native
American employees
of EPA complained
that the paintings
create a hostile work
environment in violation
of Title VII of the
1964 Civil Rights
Act. |
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| Children’s
Health Protection
Advisory Committee,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Office of Children’s
Health Protection:
policy dialogue among
doctors, public health
specialists, child
advocates, environmental
justice advocates,
environmentalists,
state and federal
government officials,
and representatives
of pesticide, pharmaceutical,
agricultural and chemical
industries and farm
workers, to develop
recommendations to
EPA to protect children
from environmental
threats. |
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| City
Council, City of South
Portland, Maine:
meeting to address
controversial education
and budgetary issues. |
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| Coastal
Stewardship Task Force,
U.S. Department of
Commerce, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration:
facilitated Coastal
Stewardship Task Force
site visit meetings,
designed to review
NOAA’s coastal
research, resource
protection, and management
programs to assure
that NOAA’s
resources are being
used most effectively
and that NOAA’s
statutory mandates
are properly implemented. |
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Common
Sense Initiative,
Iron and Steel Subcommittee,
U.S. Environmental
Agency, Office of
Water and Region V:
policy dialogue among
steel industry, environmentalists,
environmental justice
advocates, state and
federal government
officials, and union
representatives to
develop recommendations
for ways to regulate
the steel industry
that are “cleaner,
cheaper, and smarter,”
with a focus on permitting,
brownfields, innovative
technologies, and
compliance.
Winner
of Hammer Award:
National Partnership
for Reinventing Government. |
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| Cultural
Survival, Inc.:
SP&A facilitated
a joint meeting of
the Board of Directors
and the newly formed
Program Council, composed
of Indigenous Peoples,
to discuss and decide
how to further the
organization’s
mission of assisting
Indigenous Peoples
around the world. |
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| Dutch
Inter-Ministerial
Task Force on Terrorism
and Radicalization:
Consultations to the
Task Force related
to strategies for
initiating dialogue
with Dutch Muslim
communities and responding
to far-right anti-immigration
groups. |
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| Dutch
Ministry of Justice:
SP&A consulted
to Ministry of Justice
officials on initiating
and facilitating a
dialogue concerning
social integration
among representatives
of diverse Dutch Muslim
communities. |
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| Organizational
Change, Associated
General Contractors
of Massachusetts:
facilitated Board
of Directors meeting
to identify and articulate
process expertise
among successful contractors
of public works projects
to expand mission
of organization. |
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| Securing
Energy Sources, New
England Governors
Conference:
discussion of regional
energy needs, energy
options, and authorities
necessaries for securing
required power resources. |
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| Student/Faculty
Town Meeting, Department
of Urban Studies and
Planning, Massachusetts
Institute of Technology:
facilitated discussion
of student aid allocations,
faculty hiring, minority
recruitment, and curricula. |
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