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Democracy Beyond Elections: A New Deal for Our Broken Democracy?
Join the Participatory Budgeting Project & Forums @ Civic Hall for the national kick off of the Democracy Beyond Elections campaign. We are convening to build support for a democracy that deepens participation & civic engagement beyond & between elections, & creates a pipeline for diverse & equitable community leadership.
Learn about top new models of participatory democracy, including Ireland's National Citizen Assembly, Scotland's Community Empowerment Act, Spain's Decide Madrid, & New York City's Civic Engagement Commission & Participatory Budgeting. Be inspired by how community & government leaders from these programs have used participatory democracy to equitably reshape government policy & spending on issues such as abortion, climate change, & transportation.
We're asking questions like:
Why is trust in government so low?
Can we unrig our systemically undemocratic government structure so it reflects the majority rather than the privileged elite?
How could participatory democracy support social movements for equity & give more power to historically marginalized people?
How can we leverage moments of political & economic crisis to win structural changes in government?
How is participatory democracy different from & related to electoral politics?
How can we bring government by the people to scale in the U.S.?
The evening will start with a brief overview of the Democracy Beyond Elections campaign from Shari Davis, Co-Executive Director at the Participatory Budgeting Project. Guest speakers will then share their experience with expanding or engaging with participatory democracy practices, before moderated conversation & audience discussion. Speakers include:
Miguel Arana Catania | Director of Citizen Participation, City of Madrid
Louise Caldwell | Entrepreneur, Member of Ireland Citizens Assembly
Fiona Garven | Director, Scottish Community Development Centre & Community Health Exchange
Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D | Chair, Civic Engagement Commission | Senior Advisor, Community Affairs Unit, New York City Mayor's Office
Doors open at 5:50 pm, we start promptly at 6:15 pm.
This event is coordinated by Forums @ Civic Hall & the Participatory Budgeting Project, in partnership with the Center for Popular Democracy, Generation Citizen, Everyday Democracy, & People's Action.
Support for this program was provided by the Ford Foundation & the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundations.
For more information visit https://www.participatorybudgeting.org/dbe/
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