Event details
Join New America’s Political Reform program, Columbia World Projects, and FIDE - North America on Sept. 26 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. EST for a panel discussion with international practitioners who have designed and implemented citizens’ assemblies at the local, regional, and national levels. This webinar will explore the unique promise and potential challenges of implementing citizens’ assemblies in the United States, exploring questions of how to amplify the voices and preferences of citizens in ways that go beyond the opportunities presented by elections and our current political institutions.
We will hear from Iain Walker, executive director at the new Democracy Foundation; Kenza Occansey, vice president of Citizen Participation at the Economic, Social and Environmental Council in France; and Jonathan Moskovic, advisor at Democratic Innovations. They will share their experiences using citizens’ assemblies as a tool to deepen democracy and strengthen citizen engagement across Europe and Australia.
This event is part of a series in collaboration with New America and FIDE - North America aimed at uncovering the opportunities and challenges of employing citizens’ assemblies in the United States. These virtual discussions with leading researchers and civic practitioners offer students and practitioners of deliberative democracy — and all those interested in strengthening democratic practice — key insights into both the transformative potential and the limits to this increasingly popular form of deliberative decision making. Future webinars focusing on the use of assemblies will take place later this Fall.