CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY SCHOOL
April 2024 | Washington D.C.
40 passionate advocates from across 16+ U.S. states and Canadian provinces gathered for a two-day deep dive into citizens’ assemblies. Hosted by a global team of seasoned practitioners, the training offered hands-on experience in the design and facilitation of assemblies—from recruitment by democratic lottery to deliberation design.
The room buzzed with energy as participants explored how to bring people from all walks of life into meaningful public decision-making. By the end, connections had been forged, skills sharpened, and new projects sparked across North America. A growing movement took one big step forward.
RECORDINGS
Creating Conditions for Policy Impact
Peter Macleod
Petaluma Fairgrounds Advisory Panel
Linn Davis
Citizens’ Assembly on Democratic Expression, Canada
Sara Yaffe
Citizens’ Assembly of Montrose, CO
Harry Gottlieb
Citizens’ Assembly of Millcreek, UT
Brandyn Keating & Jilian Youngblood
Science and Technology: Integrating Community and Stakeholder Values
Amanda Broth
SPEAKERS
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Chief Executive of Ireland’s Electoral Commission
Session: Solving intractable problems: learnings from Ireland's experience in building a robust deliberative culture
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Executive Director, We Do Democracy
Sessions:
The secret sauce of citizens’ assemblies: deliberative facilitation
Deliberative Facilitation
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Director, MASS LBP
Sessions:
An Overview of Citizens’ Assemblies in North America: Regulatory Assemblies and Digital Assemblies
Youth/Student Assemblies
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Executive Director, newDemocracy
Session: The most important question – How to frame a remit for impact
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Executive Director, FIDE - Europe
Session: Youth/Student Assemblies : Deep Division and Polarization - Lessons from Mostar
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Vice President, Local Policy Lab
Session: The Local Policy Lab’s Democracy Plan
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Associate Researcher, Consortium for Science Policy and Outcomes, Arizona State University
Session: Democracy & Science: Integrating Community and Stakeholder Values into Deliberation Design
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Director, Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes and Local Policy Lab
Welcome remarks.
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Head of Business Unit, IFOK
Session: Citizens’ Assemblies – Perspectives from around the world: The German Deliberative Experience and Social Cohesion
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Program Co-Director at Healthy Democracy
Sessions:
Democratic lottery, recruitment, and inclusion
An Overview of Citizens’ Assemblies in North America: Petaluma Fairgrounds Advisory Panel
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Senior Fellow, New America
Session:
Moderator - An Overview of Citizens’ Assemblies in North America
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Innovations Advisor to the Brussels Parliament
Session: Citizens’ Assemblies – Perspectives from around the world: Brussels and Mixed Deliberative Committees – Solving Public Problems with Elected Representatives
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President and Founder, MASS LBP
Session: Landing with the Administration – how to build in follow-up and ensure government accountability
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Executive Director, FIDE - North America
Welcome remarks.
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Program Director, Local Policy Lab
Sessions:
Citizens’ Assemblies – Perspectives from around the world, Moderator
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The Assembly Project
Sessions:
CUNY Assembly Process: how to build and leverage CA ecosystems
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Democracy Innovation Program Manager, The Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and the Humanities
Session:
CUNY Assembly Process: how to build and leverage CA ecosystems
In partnership with
Federation for Innovation in Democracy - North America
Let’s find how we can work together — reach out!
Marjan Ehsassi, Executive Director
3717 Fulton St, NW
Washington DC 20007
