On the afternoon of Feb. 9, 2023, in the main chamber of the Belgian Federal Parliament in Brussels, a bill was passed to allow for citizens’ assemblies to be convened at the national level. For the ...
Our past election cycles have highlighted a critical need: greater citizen participation in Illinois government. We’ve become so divided that we struggle to understand and empathize with each other’s ...
Eliza Wilson is a little nervous as she draws the microphone close to her, but she is determined to share her life story — and its larger lessons — with a vital new audience. “My father was a disabled ...
As the world reflects on the outcomes of COP29 and the urgent need for accelerated climate action, the world's first-ever Citizens' Assembly on Trade and Climate has issued a compelling call for the ...
WETHERBEE FEBRUARY 24TH AT SEVEN. EAST HAVERHILL. WELCOME BACK. IT’S A NONPARTISAN EFFORT TO GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN CIVIC LIFE. NEW HAMPSHIRE TOGETHER ORGANIZED A CITIZEN ASSEMBLY ...
Although most people care deeply about addressing the climate crisis, only a minority of respondents in recent surveys trust their governments to achieve a fair and just net-zero transition. One ...
Erik Nelson, left, a housing program specialist with the Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council, talks with citizen delegates during the Deschutes Civic Assembly on Youth Homelessness at the Oregon ...