March 10, 2016                                                                                                          Newsblast Vol.7 No. 5
In This Issue
4-H and Military Partnerships 
TALK Salina to Host Early Childhood Development Deliberation Event
National Rural Grocery Summit Call for Presentations Reminder
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Center for Engagement and Community Development
Marlene VerBrugge, Research Assistant Professor at the School of Family Studies and Human Services, has worked tirelessly to develop partnerships in the military with 4-H youth. Her work includes serving as the Project Director for the 4-H/Army Youth Development Project, the 4-H/ Air Force Partnership Project and the CYFAR and Military Partnerships Project.  Read more here.
 
I nstitute for Civic Discourse and Democracy

The Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy (ICDD) is pleased to announce a TALK Salina public deliberation event, Early Childhood Deliberation: Right from the Start. The event will take place on March 29 from 4-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. at Lakewood Middle School, located at 1135 E. Lakewood Circle, Salina, Kan. Read more here.


Kansas State University's Rural Grocery Initiative will host the Fifth National Rural Grocery Summit on June 6-7 at the Hyatt Regency in Wichita, Kan. We will gather together and discover ways to strengthen our rural grocery stores and the communities they reside in.  Read more  here.
Kansas State University established the Institute for Civic Discourse and Democracy (ICDD) in 2004 to enhance democracy through improved community deliberation. Soon after, the Center for Engagement and Community Development (CECD) was created by K-State in 2006 to connect the resources of the university to significant issues of public need facing Kansas and communities worldwide. To help sustain rural communities due to growing economic problems, CECD launched the Rural Grocery Initiative (RGI) in 2008.
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