Events

Following on the Film Premier of Goodbye Politicians. Hello Democracy., we have scheduled some helpful guests for our informal webinar series to dive deeper into the topic of deliberative democracy.

Using a “talk show” format, Josh opens and closes the hour with a tune, and engages in an preliminary chat with Ted before they introduce their guest.

There is always an opportunity for the “studio audience” to submit relevant comments and questions.

For your convenience, when you register for one of the dates, you are automatically enrolled for the other dates in the series.

Even if you can’t attend any of the dates, you will receive links to the video recording for each of the dates.

This season, our focus is True Representation — the radical commonsense idea that “we the people” can govern ourselves at every level of society.

Hélène Landemere – Weds, Oct 7, Noon EDT (UTC -4)

Hélène Landemere, political science professor at Yale, will join us to discuss both her new book, “Politics Without Politicians: The Case for Citizen Rule” and her latest project, helping the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities convene the state’s first citizens’ assembly — on property taxes and approaches to funding essential community services.

Leonora Camner – Weds, Oct 21, Noon EDT (UTC-4)

Leonora Camner serves as Executive Director of Sortition USA, a nonprofit organization that advocates nationally for democratic lotteries. The organization is expanding its impact under her leadership and establishing local chapters in the U.S.

Wayne Liebman – Weds, Nov 4, Noon EST (UTC-5)

Wayne Liebman is a leading advocate for democratic lottery and deliberation. His advocacy led to a 2022 citizens’ assembly in Petaluma, California to plan the future use of the city’s fairground — the first municipal citizens’ assembly held in California. He is currently involved in bringing citizens’ assemblies to LA where he lives and in helping to expand the national influence of Sortition USA.

True Representation Sketches – Weds, Nov 18, Noon EST (UTC-5)

Ted and Josh will reflect on the movement toward greater citizen involvement in governance and share some of Ted’s True Representation “sketches” — descriptions of new kinds of deliberative bodies in government and business that are chosen by democratic lottery.