What Are Community Assemblies?

A community

It’s assemblytime isto localdecide peoplefor hearing,ourselves, deliberating & deciding about local issues that affect community lives everyday.together!

The current political system is failing to take the actions we need.

It’s time to decide for ourselves, together!

Let's bring deliberative democracy into our communities to show them the power of deciding together!

By organising local Community Assemblies,Assemblies, we can…

can:

• Openopen conversations about XR's 3rd demand for a Citizen's Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice.
• Growgrow our local networks by continuing to build local alliances around issues we are all concerned about.about, perhaps even starting a local campaign or project in collaboration with other groups.
• Doprovide outreachpeople with a forum. where they can hear about, deliberate and decide on local issues that affect community lives everyday.
• Keepinvite uplocal politicians and candidates to build positive relationships and ask if they support the CE Bill to further climate and ecological protections.
•  keep pressure on local politicians,authorities localto andrecognise unitarythe authorities.climate emergency.
• Spreadspread the word about deliberative democracy to empower people by showing what outcomes could be achieved.
• Start a local campaign or project in collaboration with other groups sharing a common concern.
• Invite local politicians and candidates to build positive relationships and ask if they support the CE Bill to further climate and ecological protections.
• Depending upon local relationships with political decision makers, if authorities ignore our climate and ecological emergency, we can escalate pressure via NVDA. Check out the Escalation Plan for more on this.

Ready to co-create a beautiful bonding experience in your community alongside your local allies? Continue reading through this book for resources you need to sethelp upwith and runrunnning a Community Assembly.