Next First Friday

Creating Democracy: Citizen Deliberative Councils

Two crucial issues in this time of cultural crisis are the development of collective insight or wisdom among the people, and empowering the collective voice of the people to influence decision-making and shape policy.

On Friday, June 11, Adin Rogovin (see below) will be on hand to present information on the structure and creation of Citizen Deliberative Councils. These and other “wisdom councils” are skillful, effective mechanisms used in various settings around the world, empowering the democratic voice of the people in public decision-making and problem-solving.

Living Earth's First Friday Community Potluck is postponed to June 11, the second Friday in June. Join us for a vegetarian/vegan potluck dinner followed by lively community dialogue.

ADIN ROGOVIN has 30 years' varied experience as a corporate manager, including 10 years as a Chief Financial Officer. He has 17 years service on non-profit Boards and Staff including, the Home of Truth Spiritual Center, Seven Generations Land Trust, Lost Valley Educational Center, Parker Street Coop, The Natural Heritage Institute, The Eugene Children's Peace Academy, The Center for Wise Democratic Processes, and The Co-Intelligence Institute. Adin's passion is focused on promoting wise collective process and transforming democracy and civic governance through developing, teaching, and implementing citizen deliberative councils and integrated process design. He is co-founder of the Eugene Facilitator's Collective, is a trained Dynamic Facilitator, who has worked with The Blue Mountain School, Alpha Farm Community, The Veterans for Peace, and the Pleasantville, NY Great Oak Council. Adin organized The Lane County Low Income People's Wisdom Council and the Walnut Street Coop, a coop house in Eugene.

From the Co-Intelligence Institute website:
”Citizen Deliberative Councils are appearing around the world and have the potential to make governmental systems more answerable, effective and wise. ... [These] councils are liberating latent and previously untapped levels of collective intelligence within civil society and applying that intelligence to the formulation of public policy around the globe.

”CDCs are a demonstrable world-wide movement facilitating the emergence of deep levels of collective wisdom necessary to transform our troubled global culture.”

For more information, check www.co-intelligence.org. Bring your ideas, share resources, and join the conversation on June 11.