In the Fall of 2024, thirty every-day residents of Deschutes County came together to help find solutions in the region’s first-ever Civic Assembly.
Central Oregon’s historically high rates of homelessness among youth and families have risen dramatically since 2020. In the Fall of 2024, thirty every-day residents of Deschutes County came together to help find solutions in the region’s first-ever Civic Assembly. After five days of deep learning and deliberation, the delegates found supermajority consensus on twenty two recommendations. Local officials are turning many of those suggestions into real policies and programs in an inspiring act of citizen-led democracy.
This 10 Credit CTLE (Continuing Teacher and Leader Education) course presented with Democracy Without Elections introduces secondary teachers to the expanding use of lottery (sortition) to bring diverse groups of citizens together to form policy recommendations.
Work in progress AI integration for the participation platform that allows platform admins to install and configure a spam detection service so that any suspicious content gets reported at the earliest possible step.
The Coalition for a Global Citizens’ Assembly brings together organisations committed to co-creating informed, collective solutions.
