Category Archives: Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue

Conservatives Must Banish Hate

Written by . Posted on 19 Feb ’12. Filed under Barack Obama, Civil Discourse, Civil Rights, Faith and religion, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue. 4 Comments.

Also published at Star Tribune.  By Mitch Pearlstein On the chance you’re ever of the mind that yahoos have a special affinity for what some people think of as the political “right” — I’m alluding most immediately here to an ugly public invocation, try Googling “Bush” […]

Andrea Morisette Grazzini bio

Written by . Posted on 28 Jan ’12. Filed under Andrea Morisette Grazzini, Burnsville, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue. 8 Comments.

Andrea Morisette Grazzini

Andrea Morisette Grazzini founded the cross-sector civil discourse initiative DynamicShift, in 2009.

She also founded WetheP, Inc,, in 2012. She serves a CEO of the start-up social media company. Which is a new media (Internet and Mobile) platform and public space that serves as ‘The Agent for Change Agents’ by Connecting People around their Self-Interests and Passions for Culture Change. Bridging the strengths of business practices to ‘real-people’ authenticity and scalability of community organizing and social movements.

Peace Activists Find Bipartisan Support at Straw Poll

Written by . Posted on 16 Aug ’11. Filed under Citizen Movement, Civil Discourse, Economy & Business, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue, Politics & Elections, Populism. 2 Comments.

  Excerpted from Coleen Rowley’s reflections about peace-leaders’ engagement at campaign events. Coleen Rowley, August 2011 Thousands of attendees at Iowa’s recent Republican straw poll responded positively to the “Come Home America” message a group of citizens and I brought there. The Des Moines news […]

Obama and Boehner as running mates? Maybe not, but…

Written by . Posted on 25 Jul ’11. Filed under Media & Culture, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue, Politics & Elections, Social Innovation. Tagged , , , , . No comments.

Also published in MinnPost. And as comments to “Make Way for the Radical Center” in The New York Times. Andrea Morisette Grazzini, July 2011 When Tom Friedman foresaw a flat-world fueled by globalization, one wonders if he could have envisioned how scorched-earth political posturing would […]

Gov’t Shutdown? How about Common Citizen Sense.

Written by . Posted on 8 Jul ’11. Filed under Burnsville, Citizens, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue, Politics & Elections, Twin Cities. Tagged , , , , , , . 1 Comment.

Billionaire business man Warren Buffet echoed the themes in this essay with his August 14, 2011 commentary Stop Coddling the Super-Rich. The essay below  also published in The Patch. Andrea Morisette Grazzini July, 2011 Like most middle class people, I live in a bipartisan neighborhood.   My Burnsville Minnesota […]

What Is DynamicShift?

Written by . Posted on 24 Feb ’11. Filed under ABOUT DynamicShift, Andrea Morisette Grazzini, Citizen Movement, Civil Discourse, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue, We The People. 17 Comments.

  DynamicShift was started Fall 2009 as Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue. The grassroots initiative employs positive public kindling and productive discourse to illuminate civility.  It encourages and mediates innovative dialogues that transcend ideologies, engage shared values and create mutually-productive change by highlighting interconnections among different community […]

Super Bowl v. SOTU

Written by . Posted on 13 Feb ’11. Filed under Athletics, Citizens, Civil Discourse, Economy & Business, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue, Populism, Professional. No comments.

    Reprinted from Twin Cities Daily January’s Super Bowl and State of the Union Speech always offer plenty to watch.  And for citizens and jocks alike: the chance to see stars and lesser souls connecting together.  With the potential to win big, Or, not.

Minnesota Citizens = Modern-day MLK Movement Leaders

Written by . Posted on 15 Jan ’11. Filed under Burnsville, Citizen Movement, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue. 3 Comments.

See how Harry Boyte and Heatherlyn connect 60’s Civil Right’s movement with 2011’s WeThePeople’s cross-partisan citizen movement http://vimeo.com/19585381

Priest’s Epiphany — Common Humanity

Written by . Posted on 5 Jan ’11. Filed under Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue. 1 Comment.

  The post-Christmas celebration of Epiphany illuminates the essential message of Jesus Christ.  Born the son of Mary, a young unwed Jewish woman and God, the unearthly Father of Christianity, Jesus was as human as he was holy. Epiphany provides a “light-bulb” moment, reminding Christians […]

Empowered to Restore Sanity

Written by . Posted on 22 Nov ’10. Filed under Media & Culture, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue, Populism, Social Innovation. No comments.

DynamicShift leaders Alan and JoAn Paymar joined the Rally to Restore Sanity, where they found, in the “sea of people” the collective strength of shared ideals. In people who like themselves “empowered to express their concerns.” Here, they share their observations of the public launch event — a key call-to-action for a critically-needed new national attitude.

Secret Lessons for Parents and Policymakers

Written by . Posted on 20 Jun ’10. Filed under Academic & Research, Burnsville, Community, Education Policy, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue, Social Innovation, Standard Measurements. 1 Comment.

Also published at TCDailyPlanet: Here’s a secret parents and policymakers haven’t heard. Last week, while most educators were scrambling to stuff last-minute lessons in before summer break some Burnsville, Minnesota teachers bucked the system (just a bit) for big-picture sake.

Middle-of-the-Road Rage

Written by . Posted on 23 Feb ’10. Filed under Academic & Research, Civil Discourse, Media & Culture, Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue, Populism. No comments.

I addressed Newsweek editor Jon Meacham at his recent talk on civil discourse at University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul. Meacham’s speech and the large turnout it drew underscores the accelerating interest in non-ideological dialogue.

Setting up my question to Meacham with a provocative “media-teaser” got his attention and launched an animated conversation. Meacham acknowledged the larger question Nonpartisan Productive Dialogue asks: when will citizens will become agitated enough about the failure of the polarizing rhetoric of our leaders to do something about it?

My published comment to Meacham’s recent Newsweek column captures the conversation and builds on it themes.