Despite being the world’s biggest-ever election year, rates of political disengagement have never been higher. Join us to launch two new books that explore how innovative approaches to participation and deliberation can help people become more active democratic citizens.
Hear from the authors of the two groundbreaking publications who are also our members: Educating for Democracy: The Case for School Participatory Budgeting (Multiple authors) and Activated Citizenship: The Transformative Power of Citizens' Assemblies (Marjan Ehsassi).
We will explore how participatory democracy practices, from school participatory budgeting to citizens' assemblies, can spark citizen engagement and be integrated throughout a person's life.
Let’s unlearn old ideas that hold us back, and relearn new approaches to democracy together.
The event will be interactive; you can share your questions and ideas with the speakers. We are also opening up breakout rooms at the end to allow you to engage in discussion with the speakers and other attendees.
Event details
📆 Date: Friday, September 13
⏰ Time: 11 AM–12:30 PM ET / 3–4:30 PM UTC
🌊 Flow: 1 hour of panel discussion, followed by 30 minutes of breakout rooms with speakers
🗣️ Languages:
English with interpretation into Spanish, Portuguese, and French
Automatic translated captions into most languages
🧑💻 How to join:
Register on Zoom. A recording will be uploaded and shared with all registrants afterward.
You can watch the live stream on LinkedIn, YouTube, and Facebook. However, you must register on Zoom to interact with speakers, including breakout room access, interpretation, and captioning.
Meet the speakers and authors
Hear from a stellar panel comprised of democracy experts who are also People Powered members:
Marjan Ehsassi, Executive Director of FIDE North America, United States
Daniel Schugurensky, Professor, School of Public Affairs (SPA) at Arizona State University, United States
Tara Bartlett, Senior Research Analyst, MLF Teachers College at Arizona State University, United States
Andrés Falck, Executive Director of Coglobal, Spain
Aleksandra Ilijin, Participatory Democracy Program Coordinator at OPENS, Serbia
Greta Ríos, Co-executive Director of People Powered, Mexico (Moderator)
Register now and share your thoughts and questions in advance so our speakers can read them. We will do our best to include them in the event.