This research focuses on correlates involving civic engagement, public deliberation, and National Issues Forums. Activities involving public deliberation and a "Train the Trainer" process through National Issues Forums are explored with students at a college in the southeastern region of the United States. Results indicate that students benefit from the "Train the Trainer" process as the experience prepared them to take leadership roles as moderators/facilitators of National Issues Forums. Results also indicate that students welcome an opportunity for civic engagement through public deliberation. The contribution and long-term aims of this research provide an avenue for public deliberation through National Issues Forums in the reinforcement of the concepts of civic engagement, leadership, democratic process/practice and collective action.