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DemocracyNext is an international foundation working to accelerate the spread of high quality, empowered, and permanent citizens’ assemblies.

We believe in a more just, joyful, and collaborative future, where everyone has meaningful power to shape their societies.

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Citizens’ assemblies are brave spaces for creative problem solving.

Assemblies are designed for exercising our collective intelligence, engaging with complexity, and finding common ground.

At their heart are three key ideas:

1. Sortition (selecting decision makers by lottery)

2. Deliberation (collectively weighing evidence for shared decisions), and

3. Rotation (taking turns representing, and being represented by others).

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DemocracyNext Assembling an Assembly Guide

Our three-stage guide to accompany you through the different steps of designing, running, and acting on the results of a citizens’ assembly is available here!

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The New Yorker covers the Deschutes Civic Assembly

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Citizens' Assemblies: Democratic Responses to Authoritarian Challenges in Central and Eastern Europe

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