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Strengthening Cross-Partisan Collaboration in North Carolina Policymaking (2023-2024)

The North Carolina Leadership Forum (NCLF) aims to transform the state’s policy making environment from one of negative polarization and distrust to one of effective collaboration. Founded in 2016, NCLF works with state and local policy leaders from the government, business and nonprofit sectors to provide them with the will, skills and relationships they need to engage with each other constructively across ideology, party, race and gender, age and rural-urban divides.

This project sought to enhance NCLF’s work to address political polarization in North Carolina in academia, encourage students to engage in collaboration and dialogue, and communicate the NCLF’s work to a wider audience to increase its impact.

Additionally, this project provided students with exposure to NCLF's model for cross-partisan dialogue, the opportunity to develop leadership skills in engaging with different points of view and the opportunity to apply research to a public policy setting.

Learn more about this team’s work by reading their team profile.

Timing

Fall 2023 – Spring 2024

Team Outputs

From Polarization to Collaboration Through Deliberative Dialogue (Team profile; 2024 Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Showcase)

Strengthening Cross-Partisan Collaboration in North Carolina Policymaking (Poster presented at Fortin Foundation Bass Connections Showcase, April 17, 2024)

Polarization and Consensus Building (Literature Review)

North Carolina Leadership Forum Comparative Analysis (Report)

This Team in the News

Meet the Winners of the 2024 Bass Connections Student Research Awards

See related team, Strengthening Cross-Partisan Collaboration in North Carolina Policymaking (2024-2025).

 

Image: North Carolina Leadership Forum logo

Team Leaders

  • Minda Brooks, North Carolina Leadership Forum
  • Deborah Goldstein, North Carolina Leadership Forum

Graduate Team Members

  • Anna Hallahan, Masters of Public Policy

Undergraduate Team Members

  • Katelyn Cai, Program II (AB)
  • Andrew Fostiropoulos, Public Policy (AB)
  • Ayush Gaur, Public Policy (AB)
  • Adeleine Geitner, Economics (AB); Public Policy (AB2)
  • Alexia Jackson, Public Policy (AB)
  • Abby Melton, Political Science (AB); Computer Science (AB2)
  • Samantha Richter, Public Policy (AB)
  • Jaden Rodriguez, Public Policy (AB)
  • Liv Schramkowski, Program II (AB)

Community Team Members

  • John Hood, John William Pope Foundation
  • Leslie Winner, North Carolina Leadership Forum

Community Organizations

  • North Carolina Leadership Forum

Team Contributors

  • Abdullah Antepli, Sanford School of Public Policy

Themes