This makes me think of Milse Horton and his work at Highlander. I do think that I am not so much interested in trianing facilitators in dialogue as much as I am interested in helping people - American citizens - to think critically about government and their roles as citizens.
One of the things I keep hearing about in my work is the difference between what leaders say and what they do. There is a crying need for respectful leadership at all levels in government. So the question I raise,"Is how do we create in government leaders who do what they say?" Modeling behavior is important and I would also like to know, "How many government workers are able to describe a time when their supervisor, manager, director or agency head did what he or she asked them to do/"