group of people standing inside of art deco building, talking and looking on phones

people sitting in benches inside art deco room

people sitting in benches inside art deco room with one talking into a microphone

people sitting in benches inside art deco room with one talking into a microphone and others standing up lined up behind the speaker waiting to speak

Delegates from the LA Charter Reform Civic Assembly presenting their recommendations to the Charter Reform Commission @reformlacharter.bsky.social #civicassembly #deliberativedemocracy #sortion #citizenassemblies

How does Don really feel about #citizenship ?

#citizenshiprights #civics #civicengagement #CivicAssembly #assembly #constitution #constitutionalrights #constitutional_law #firstamendment #1a #shitholeCountry #nationalSocialism #plutocracy [1/2]

This is why #CivicAssembly design work I did last year started with asking about what people had expected to exist now, what had been promised, what had never arrived. It’s hauntology (a cousin of psychogeography). The miasma of pasts.

Diagram on the need for clear questions that are answerable and actionable

Short post acuity.design/ask-question... on the difficult question of #CivicAssembly questions

Ask Questions clearly in Civic Assemblies The hard work of Civic Assembly projects is getting institutions to actually think about questions that are answerable and actionable.

On Medium acuity-design.medium.com/ask-question... the need for clarity of questions in #CivicAssembly work

Ask Questions clearly in Civic Assemblies – Acuity Design

Clarity in #CivicAssembly questions is essential acuity.design/ask-question...

This is what we helped to provide in UK and EU projects

What I learnt from #CivicAssembly work was the importance of being present with people in their places.

Being left behind by economics is alienation by systems.

Being abandoned by politicians with power and institutional capabilities feels worse.

What they are doing here is good.

Text overlaid on cloth that is ripped apart

Rip it up

You can’t repair what you perceive is smooth & seamless. Sometimes a rip is needed in order to make changes needed. You can only stitch when the tear is made. Civic Assemblies can be the rip. The smooth delivery of policies & services is a problem. It hides what is needed

#CivicAssembly

4 1/2 – prototyping civic assemblies and new democratic systems – Acuity Design

Civic assemblies are a big idea for fixing the democratic deficit and bridging the gap in civic conversations. From work in 2024, I’d advise trying something small first.

A post on 4 1/2 idea acuity.design/4-1-2-protot... for 2025.

#CivicAssembly #Consultation #Prototyping

Notes from #CivicAssembly yesterday:
• treat people seriously for serious deliberation
• explicitly and repeatedly affirm the value of individual opinion
• ask deep questions to explore difficult issues
• use the generosity of expert knowledge to create space for hard discussions

Slide saying if there are no actual consequences do not use a civic assembly

10 min talk on #CivicAssembly design youtu.be/9HAwqUUlgDg The consequences of deliberation and the meaning of being human in the process

#ActiveListening enables not just deeper understanding by audience but also for a person to hear their own voice and opinions out loud.

That can be revolutionary for people who are generally unvoiced by institutions. #CoDesign #CivicAssembly

Three parts of the deliberation process spread across two pages - Feel, Seek and Think. Some diagrams and ideas about what to try.

Booklet on deliberation process is nearly finished. Adding some ideas about thinking to workshop. Booklet has space for notes and advice on how to record deliberations. #CivicAssembly

Feel, Seek, Thinkm Talk, Note process stickers.

Moo mini stickers for Deliberation Process so people can remix the process. Also means they're right size for dice to randomise process. #CivicAssembly