Roshan Bliss

Roshan Bliss is a community organizer, trainer, and facilitator with a passion for youth empowerment and supporting groups in making democratic decisions. Roshan is a trained mediator and strategic thinker who has facilitated hundreds of hours of various types of group processes and has a deep background in racial, gender, and youth equity and inclusiveness. His graduate studies in conflict resolution at the University of Denver focused on civic theory, participatory democracy, and collaborative governance, and he studied philosophy and religion at Purdue University. Roshan’s years as staff for the National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation and broad experiences in social justice organizing have helped him come to see dialogue, public engagement, and other forms of democratic deliberation as crucial mechanisms by which we can make wise decisions about our plans of action and our common future.