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May 5th, 2025, by Rebecca Powell | Fort Collins Coloradoan A civic assembly formed to help determine the…
Continue to Post A civic assembly is done with its work on Hughes land. Here’s what it recommended
April 25th, 2025, by Rebecca Powell | Fort Collins Coloradoan Corrections & Clarifications: This story has been corrected…
Continue to Post Here are 5 proposals for the old Hughes Stadium that a civic assembly is exploring
April 15th, 2025, by Rebecca Powell | Forft Collins Coloradoan The clock is now ticking on two…
April 13, 2025, by Adria Iraheta | Denver 7 A panel of 20 Fort Collins residents is…
Continue to Post Panel of Fort Collins residents to decide future of former Hughes Stadium site
April 9th, 2025, by Blaine Howerton | North Forty News A diverse panel of residents begins deliberations…
Continue to Post Fort Collins Launches Civic Assembly to Shape Future of Hughes Site
April 8th, 2025 by Ian Harper | Hoodline The City of Fort Collins is setting the stage…
Continue to Post Fort Collins Launches Civic Assembly to Determine Future of Hughes Stadium Site
April 9, 2025 by Rebecca Powell | Fort Collins Coloradoan “Informed by the diverse needs of our…
Continue to Post How to watch Fort Collins civic assembly on the former Hughes Stadium land
Jan 22, 2025, by Rolando Hernandez | OPB Listen to the podcast here. Note: The following transcript…
Continue to Post Deschutes County citizens come together for civic assembly
Jan. 16, 2025 – Dana Taylor | USA Today Citizen assemblies involve ordinary people participating in crafting…
Continue to Post Our faith in democracy is at an all-time low. Can citizen assemblies help?
Photo Credit: City of Fort Collins The First Weekend of Fort Collins’ First-Ever Civic Assembly In an…
Continue to Post A Model for Democracy in Polarized Times Comes to Life in Fort Collins
Rebecca Powell, Fort Collins Coloradoan | Published 5:02 a.m. MT Jan. 31st, 2025 If you live in…
An Oregon county is looking for solutions to youth homelessness—so it convened a random selection of residents…
Continue to Post What Could Citizens’ Assemblies Do for American Politics?
22 Aug 2024 At the City Council Regular Meeting on August 20, 2024, Fort Collins City Council…
Continue to Post Council Approves New Engagement Tactic for Hughes
Rebecca Powell, Fort Collins Coloradoan | Published 5:01 a.m. MT July 23rd, 2024 | Updated 7:54 p.m.…
By GEORGE ANDERS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy | Updated 2:00 PM PST, December 11, 2024 BEND, OREGON…
Continue to Post Can ordinary citizens solve our toughest problems?
By Nick Coccoma – A few weeks ago, as Americans hurtled toward yet another turbulent election, I…
Continue to Post A Visitor’s Perspective: Deschutes Civic Assembly on Youth Homelessness
An effort in Bend, Ore., backed by big funders looks for answers to youth homelessness. George Anders,…
Continue to Post Can Ordinary Citizens Solve Our Toughest Problems?
📺 Watch Deschutes County assembly members describe their experience in their own words https://youtu.be/jahGnbOnCOs As a contentious…
Continue to Post In Oregon assembly, Americans show another kind of politics is possible
Kelsey McGee, October 6, 2024 — BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An innovative new way for Central Oregonians…
October 17, 2024 — From 14 September to 6 October 2024, a Civic Assembly on the topic…
July 30, 2024 — The Central Oregon Civic Action Project (COCAP), Healthy Democracy, and the Central Oregon…
Continue to Post Selection Event for First Civic Assembly in Central Oregon
City Club Forum Floats Idea of Citizens Assembly to Tackle Topics in “Bend” Way Simon Mather, May…
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Central Oregon Civic Action Project and Central Oregon Youth Action Board have…
La primera asamblea se enfocará en encontrar soluciones para los jóvenes sin hogar Julianna Lafollette | Translated…
Continue to Post Asambleas ciudadanas locales comenzarán en el otoño
The first assembly will focus on finding potential solutions for youth homelessness JULIANNA LAFOLLETTE, JUNE 25, 2024…
Continue to Post Local Citizen Assemblies to Start in the Fall
12,750 invitation letters have been mailed to residents in our first project to institutionalise a Citizens’ Assembly…
Continue to Post Launching a first-of-its-kind Civic Assembly in Deschutes County, Oregon, USA 🇺🇸
May 19, 2024 — When the Bend City Council agreed Wednesday to join an effort by the Central Oregon…
Continue to Post Editorial: Does Deschutes County need a do over on setting policy?
HEATHER ROBERTS BEND, OR — A concept to engage the public in government policy decisions rarely seen in…
Continue to Post Citizen Assemblies Concept Proposed for Central OR
The last three years at Healthy Democracy have been a triumph in collaboration. The art of practicing…
“Lottery-selected democracy is no panacea, but it is an example of a complex design that directly counters…
JORGE CASUSO “September 25, 2023 — The future of Santa Monica Airport should be hammered out –…
Continue to Post Randomly Chosen Panel Should Guide Airport’s Future, Officials Say
Since you haven’t heard from us much lately, we thought we’d share a glimpse of what’s inspiring…
Mayors, city councilors, select board members, city and town managers, county executives, and other local government officials…
Continue to Post Reinventing Democracy: How Hometowns Are Strengthening America
This introduction to citizens’ assemblies and how they can empower breakthroughs in local democracy was co-hosted by…
How can we include everyday people in political decisions? Duncan welcomes Alex Renirie, Linn Davis and Kacey…
Continue to Post Creating a Healthy Democracy For Everyone – Omni Win Podcast
In this webinar, held on November 18th, 2021, Healthy Democracy teamed up with experts from across the…
Ned Crosby’s Memorial Facebook Page Healthy Democracy is grieving the loss of Ned Crosby. Ned was not…
AMELIA PARREIRA ARGUS-COURIER STAFF March 2, 2022, 12:15PM To form the panel of 30 to 40 residents,…
Continue to Post Here’s how the controversial new Petaluma fairgrounds planning process will work
A Citizens Assembly Could Unify People Around a Thorny Problem and Succeed Where Politicians Have Failed by JOE MATHEWS | FEBRUARY 22, 2022…
Continue to Post Let the People of California Solve the State’s Homelessness Crisis
TYLER SILVY ARGUS-COURIER EDITOR February 9, 2022 Eager to find a solution to the quandary, Petaluma City…
By Susan Clark, originally published by Resilience.org Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) gives an old system a much-needed update. The initiative…
Continue to Post Democracy Rising 8: Deliberative Democracy — Power
Guest opinion article written by Sue Malek for the Missoulian: Should we enact Citizen Initiative Review Commissions…
EUGENE — A first-of-its-kind Review Panel has completed the first phase of a public engagement process designed…
From Facilitating Public Deliberation: Linn Davis leads Healthy Democracy’s program development and process design. He coordinates Healthy Democracy’s complex public…
After too many years working in the advertising industry as a Creative Director, one day I came…
It has been my great privilege to have served the Healthy Democracy organization over the past 4…
Continue to Post “The Hope and Promise of Our Democracy”: Robin Says Goodbye
Democracy in Crisis is a special online series of global roundtable discussions about the use of randomly-selected…
Over the summer, Healthy Democracy was grateful to welcome Annabelle LaRosa as our 2020 Nevins Fellow. The…
Continue to Post Annabelle’s Reflection on her Nevins Fellowship with Healthy Democracy
For Immediate Release August 12, 2020 Media Contact: Robin Teater, Executive Director Ph: 503-841-6865; Email: robin@healthydemocracy.org …
From Portland Tribune: Forty Oregonians, just under half the size of the Legislature, will meet online during the…
Continue to Post First Statewide Online Assembly Will Look at Coronavirus Recovery