[Campaignforrealdemocracy] Fwd: TMRW Venue Confirmed Friends House :)

[Mark Barrett]

*Participative practices for local assemblies*

*Date and time : Wednesday 17 July 6:30 *
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*Venue : Courtyard of **Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ*
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*Event : **https://www.facebook.com/events/512884038779982/*<https://www.facebook.com/events/512884038779982/>


 Local Assemblies are building momentum in our communities . This is a
result of the convergence of several strands of political activism:  Occupy
activists identifying local people's assemblies as a way to build an
alternative political movement from the ground up; the work of local
activists on the ground - often in borough uncut groups and unions -
engaging the community in local campaigns;  as well as the recent call out
from the Peoples Assembly against Austerity.

There is a  real excitement about supporting the more
participatory-emancipatory strands within the movement, and around the
potential to innovate new solutions to perceived problems using some of the
lessons learned from Occupy, and by utilising the many cheap technologies
now available. To respond to this we are holding a practical planning and
discussion event for people interested in running a series of workshops to
provide tools, info, training and resources in critical support of the
people's assemblies movement.

Workshops could include ( but are not restricted to ):

 • social media technology to record,  promote and collaborate on meetings
- live-stream; twitter, facebook; pirate-pad; mumble; website including
decentralised feeds

 • legal innovations for building constitutions on-line

• Liquid democracy and other participatory techniques

 • Facilitation - Seeds of Change consensus style; workshops; cafe
conversations;
etc.

• Taking minutes

 • Developing a process of improvement

• Safer -Spaces

 • Promoting inclusion and equality

• Developing local community charters

 • Networking assemblies

• a joined up, strategic alternative political platform UK / worldwide

The meeting on Wednesday 17th July is therefore being convened to encourage
a clear plan to support participative democracy in local assemblies. The
session's participants will be invited to explore how to take this forward.

There are existing opportunities that are coming up soon: David Bovill is
offering to co-facilitate a number of Sunday workshop sessions and these
will probably be at The Hub space in Westminster. It is envisaged these
workshops will support the more participatory-emancipatory strands, and
will involve three main areas of practice: strategic, political and
technical.

Please share this meeting invitation and information with the present PA
organising meetings so those attenders interested in a genuinely
participatory approach can help co-produce a series of training and
networking events.
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