Our process for this deliberation was broken down into three approaches with two people working on each approach and us all working on the overview. Initially, we talked about the effects of different prescription drugs then used that information as background knowledge when discussing our approaches. When deciding who to invite, we thought of stakeholders including Doctors, students and parents of the community, and government officials. We each took this into account and invited people we deemed appropriate for this setting and would give us the best feedback for our approaches. Our issues map was the outline for everything we planned to discuss so we made sure it was clear and easy to follow. The goal of this deliberation was to spark ideas and conversation about what should be done about the drug epidemic in Pennsylvania. We went into this knowing people would connect on a personal level and wanted everyone to feel safe and heard, so we also discussed how to make the zoom room a safe environment to make it as smooth and effective as possible.

Written by Anjali Rampersaud