Citizens Juries, Citizens Assemblies, and Sortition Workshop: Part 1 Context Setting
Channel: Adam Cronkright
Date: 2018-04-07

Part 1 of 4 of the day-long workshop at the 2018 Innovations in Participatory Democracy Conference, this session focuses on providing an overview of the field of practice for deliberative mini-publics: concepts, practice, and potential.

Led by Tyrone Reitman (Policy Jury Group), David Schecter (Democracy R&D), Kyle Bozentko (Jefferson Center), and Camille Morse Nicholson (Jefferson Center).

1. Introductions
2. Discussion - Goals, Survey Results, Plan for the Day
3. Presentation - Context, History, Examples
4. Presentation - Mini-publics in Bolivia and Brazil
5. Q&A & Background Discussion
6. Case Study 1 Video - Irish Constitutional Convention (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjpuDk9_BWI)