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Citizen participation will be on The State of Things today.
Host Frank Stasio will lead a roundtable discussion on civic engagement and influencing public policy with authors Joel Blackwell and Val Atkinson; Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina; Erin Byrd, civic engagement coordinator for Blueprint NC; and former Raleigh City Councilman Brad Thompson.
From the schedule:
Can ordinary citizens play the game of politics without lots of money and connections? And does our political system work well for groups who have historically been shut out of it?
The show airs at noon on 91.5 in Chapel Hill, 88.9 in Manteo and 90.9 in Rocky Mount.