<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/westmont-news/westmont-program-promotes-public-dialogue.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>10/25/2018</pubDate><title>Westmont Program Promotes Public Dialogue</title><excerpt>Two Westmont professors seek to encourage dialogue on difficult issues in the local community. Deborah Dunn, professor of communication studies, and Rachel Winslow, director of the Westmont Center for Social Entrepreneurship and assistant professor of history, have created the Westmont Initiative for Public Dialogue and Deliberation to encourage citizens to participate in our democracy and work together to solve “wicked problems.”</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
            <img src="/_migrated-binaries/sites/default/files/blogs-legacy/2018/10/DunnWinslow-505x356.jpg" alt="Drs. Deborah Dunn and Rachel Winslow"/>
        </image><caption>Drs. Deborah Dunn and Rachel Winslow</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...</description></item>