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Missed our Remixing Democracy webinar? Now’s your chance to catch up on the highlights! ✨✨   On November 12, People Powered brought together global experts to discuss how connecting diverse democratic practices—from citizens' assemblies to social movement assemblies—can create resilient and inclusive democratic ecosystems. Our recap blog post is live! 📢 Dive into key takeaways and discover:  1. How digital tools and legislative theater can engage marginalized communities  2. Strategies for integrating social movements with formal democratic processes  3. Practical resources to help you build or strengthen participatory programs Ready to remix democracy? 👉 Read the recap and watch the recording here: https://lnkd.in/g4iRC9yf #CivicEngagement #ParticipatoryDemocracy #RemixingDemocracy #PeoplePowered #DemocraticInnovations

Register now to learn how citizen assemblies can bring your whole community into decision-making -- not just the loudest voices.

The latest updates from the Center for Democracy Innovation, including "Ten Steps Toward a Better Democracy," thousands more organizations on the Healthy Democracy Map, a new format for public meetings, new joint publications with NLC and C&S, the upcoming Conference on Citizenship, the pending Building Civic Bridges Act, All-America City Award applications, and a funny cartoon from the World Forum on Democracy, are here!

🗓️This Tuesday! Learn how to connect different democratic practices into stronger ecosystems of democracy. At this webinar we’ll share new practical models and examples of how this works, combining citizens’ assemblies, participatory policymaking, legislative theater, social movement assemblies, digital democracy, and more. If you believe that democracy requires more than elections, and more than any one solution, join me for the discussion with People Powered, Delibera Brasil, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Partners for Dignity & Rights (formerly NESRI), Stefan Roch, Marcella Nery, Kesi Foster, and Amanda Luz! https://lnkd.in/eiaR8xGC

Investigative collective Bellingcat has been pioneering the use of open source evidence like social media posts to bring justice and accountability for human rights abuses, atrocities, and disinformation.    Its investigations have included detailing Russian military intelligence’s role in poisoning opposition figures, discovering who was responsible for a devastating, mysterious oil spill in Trinidad and Tobago, and illuminating the murky funding of far-right disinformation websites in India.     Bellingcat has been developing a process to use open source evidence in international court cases that seek justice for atrocities and other human rights abuses, like those dealing with the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine before the International Criminal Court. “It really helps complement other types of investigative work, witness statements, evidence gathered from the ground, when you have a vast amount of open-source data to support that,” explains Bellingcat’s founder, Eliot Higgins. Physical evidence is no longer so necessary, he says, “because there are multiple other ways to verify whether a video or photograph is taken in the place it claims to be.”    We spoke to Higgins about the collective’s work and how it strengthens human rights and democracy: https://osf.to/3VZa7XQ Listen to more from Eliot Higgins on the latest episode of What's Wrong with Democracy?, a podcast produced by Tortoise Media and supported by us. #OpenSociety #Democracy #OpenSource #IndependentJournalism #Investigations #InternationalJustice #Disinformation 

Curious about the work of the National Civic League's Center for Democracy Innovation? We've got you! Learn how The Center is making democracy more participatory, equitable, and productive: https://ow.ly/2QCC50RyAje

Why do we need young voters? Because in order to create a more inclusive democracy, we need to represent the diverse needs of the UK. Young voters bring fresh perspectives and their voices are critical for shaping our future.

Our second Policy Brief on minority media and their narratives on borders and Europe is out! It gives some advice how media can diversify voices in reporting, emphasize human stories and better highlight the EU’s role in local contexts. https://lnkd.in/eCByb9ge

ICYMI: We were joined by The Humanization Project, Shawn Barksdale, Charles Gates, More Equitable Democracy, Elizabeth Melson, and leaders from the #rankedchoicevoting campaign in Portland, OR to talk about the value of your vote, the journey to have those rights restored, and how reforms like RCV can maximize that vote's impact. https://lnkd.in/ejBW8sND

📢 Democratic Society is at the World Forum for Democracy today and tomorrow! We're working on the intersection of democracy and climate, democracy and technology, and networks for democracy — come find us and let’s explore how we can build impactful synergies for a more participatory democratic future. Tomorrow, we'll discuss how practitioners, researchers, and policymakers can work together to embed democratic innovations in transcending political and cultural divides — join our panel with Anthony Zacharzewski and Saha Balaganesh!