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Creating a Healthy Democracy For Everyone

Released Wednesday, 28th September 2022
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Creating a Healthy Democracy For Everyone

Creating a Healthy Democracy For Everyone

Creating a Healthy Democracy For Everyone

Creating a Healthy Democracy For Everyone

Wednesday, 28th September 2022
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Welcome to the Omni-Win Project Podcast.It's time to upgrade our democracy. If you're fed up with the status quo and want to catalyze political and societal change, you're in the right place. The Omni-Win Project Podcast is ready to shed light on the many opportunities we have to revolutionize our political culture. We’re all in this together, so join us in co-creating the future of democracy. “It really takes visionary thinking to imagine what our democratic systems could look like.”How can we include everyday people in political decisions? Duncan welcomes Alex Renirie, Linn Davis and Kacey Bull from  Healthy Democracy to the show to discuss democratic lotteries that empower citizens to participate in the political process with informed deliberative consideration of complex issues. In this episode, you can see how they’re making sure your voice matters. Discover how profound it is for citizens to be genuinely included in democracy, where they can help policymakers form legislation and have an impact in your local community. Learn how a healthier democracy that actually represents everyone’s voices is proven to increase trust in government. Voter apathy could be a thing of the past with these developments. Listen now to discover these awesome tools and how you can bring participatory democracy to your community. Episode Highlights:Discover how organizations like Healthy Democracy choose a representative sample of the population.Healthy Democracy’s Alex explains how they ensure elected officials listen to the panelists.Learn how we can overcome political apathy and level up our democracy.Linn describes how our current governmental systems are patronizing from the perspective of the 99%.Uncover what a deliberative conversation looks like.Understand why Healthy Democracy doesn’t aim for consensus.Learn about the barriers to including these awesome tools in our world.Linn explains how we can build the movement and change the game. About this episode's guest:Healthy Democracy is a US-based nonpartisan nonprofit that works to elevate everyday people in public decision making.It uses democratic lotteries to empower new voices and guarantee representation across our many diversities. The organization designs deliberative processes that prove a more collaborative politics is possible. Healthy Democracy partners with governments, nonprofits, and other organizations to bring together Lottery-Selected Panels that tackle our most difficult policy issues.Linn and Alex co-lead program development and process design at Healthy Democracy. They co-coordinate HD's complex public processes and consult on deliberative democracy projects in the US and abroad. Kacey joined Healthy Democracy in June 2021 and manages various outreach and communication projects. She builds and maintains relationships with HD’s outside partners and leads educational programs about the work they do.Connect with Healthy Democracy: WebsiteFacebookTwitter InstagramYoutubeSignup for NewsletterEmail : [email protected] the episode page for all the links and resources from this episode.Where else can you find this episode:YoutubeSubstackEpisode PageConnect with Duncan: FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedIn

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