Just to say that from now on our monthly meetings will be held on the third Saturday of every month at 12h00 EDT. Occasionally we will have Thursday lunchtime meetings in conjunction with RSA Salons instead, to give others a chance to join in, which will happen next month on November 19th in place of the regular meeting. Watch this space…

Quarterly Online Conversation: July 27th, 12 pm to 1 pm EDT. Register here

How do you build communities? How can we re-connect across cities and states when it seems that we are all so hostile to strangers and those with other beliefs? How can politicians effectively engage with millions of citizens and make sure they are faithfully representing their constituents? How can cities, states and other civic bureaucracies maintain connections with hundreds of organizations and be sure that citizens are receiving effective municipal services? How can citizens ensure that taxes are directly channeled into beneficial avenues?

On Saturday 27th July at mid-day EDT, the Deliberation Gateway will draw together a group of individuals from across the U.S. to consider which of society’s unmet needs deliberative democracy could deliver.

Note: This event is the re-scheduled discussion from the 22nd June.

23rd March 2019, 11h00 to 12h00, CT

In our first quarterly session we will ask some simple questions about why you might want to put on a deliberation and how useful it could be. We will introduce ourselves and discuss the following questions:

What kind of deliberations are there?
What role can deliberations play in modern society?
When is it appropriate to hold a deliberation?

To register sign up here.

The Deliberation Gateway—a thematic network of the RSA-US organized by RSA fellows—is open!

Our goal is to introduce people from every corner of U.S. society to the idea of deliberation. Our main activity will be to host quarterly online discussions on topics related to deliberation for anyone in the U.S. ( and beyond!) who is interested.

You can look forward to meeting other curious individuals and find connections to more experienced practitioners, as well as links to further initiatives, introductory literature and links to more specialized material.

We hope to foster an environment of learning and support for those who are aware of the myriad problems in the world, and are looking for a way in which they can contribute locally in their own communities to fix the bigger problems that face us all.

The future of democracy awaits your arrival!

Deliberation Gateway is a thematic network of the RSA-US organized by RSA fellows