By the People Citizen Deliberation
"America in the World"
January 24, 2004
Kearney, Nebraska
On Saturday, January 24, 2004, the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications/NETV, University of Nebraska at Kearney, and University of Nebraska Public Policy Center cosponsored "By the People: America in the World" Citizen's Deliberation, a nationwide initiative of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.
"By the People" aims to energize and enhance the national conversation on America's role in the world through a series of national and local broadcasts and events that demonstrate the relevance of foreign policy issues to local concerns.
Kearney, Nebraska was selected as one of ten communities across the nation to participate in the "By the People" project, in which randomly selected persons from the Kearney area will be interacting in small group discussions and plenary panels about contemporary United States foreign policy issues, specifically in relation to 1) United States involvement in the Middle East and South Asia and 2) the nation's role in the international free trade system.
A plenary panel featured Congressman Tom Osborne, Congressman Doug Bereuter, Professor Andrew Wedeman (UNL), Chancellor Doug Kristensen (UNK), Professor Patrice McMahon (UNL), and Lisa Dominisse (Director for Rural Development, Nebraska Department of Economic Development).
Photo by Ann Tillery, UNK Office of Communications
For more information, please visit the By the People page on PBS and be sure to check out the local snapshot of Kearney/Central Nebraska.
The PPC has archived of many of our events online; video of this event will be posted in the future on this page. |
By the People
Survey Results
Prepared by:
University of Nebraska Public Policy Center
Nebraska Educational Television
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney Results
National Results
A National Conversation About America in the World
Thursday, January 29 at 8 p.m. CT
on the Nebraska ETV Network
Excerpts from the Nebraska dialogue and those from around the country will be subject of a nationally-televised "By the People" program that airs Thursday, January 29 at 8:00 p.m. on the Nebraska ETV Network. More results of the dialogue will be broadcast in upcoming weeks as part of "Statewide," Nebraska ETV's award-winning weekly news journal.
"Statewide" airs Fridays at 7:30 p.m. on NETV. The program repeats Saturdays at 7:30 and Sundays at noon on Nebraska ETV. The series also repeats on NETV2 Saturdays at 9:30 p.m., Sundays at 8:30 a.m., and Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m.
The "By the People" event in Kearney is conducted in partnership with MacNeil/Lehrer Productions/News Hour and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and is locally cosponsored by Nebraska Educational Telecommunications/NETV, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, and the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center.
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