Sentence examples for citizen assemblies from inspiring English sources

Britain convened citizen assemblies to consider health care reform.

In the Spanish case, we have seen some of the largest demonstrations since the country made its transition to democracy in the 70s with massive occupations of public squares, attempts to prevent parliaments' functioning and citizen assemblies of thousands of people taking place in spring and autumn 2011.

I have also spoken in citizen assemblies and UN conferences for climate change.

Their initiative, deemed #LaSalida (the Exit), proposed an immediate change of government by gathering citizen Assemblies and protesting in the streets until President Nicolas Maduro was removed from office by legal means -- mainly, having him resign.

As part of my campaign, I am hosting five citizen assemblies based on areas where there is work to do for us to become a more perfect union: justice, economy, representation, preservation, and equality.

They had to prepare the agenda and call the meetings of the citizen assembly, and so they needed to be on call for any emergency.

The First Justice Party, for instance, contends that there should be a movement for a citizen assembly to redraw the national government, an unlikely proposition that has been harshly criticized by another Democratic Coordinator member, the Democratic Action party.

He is right in identifying that problem, and the yellow vests do not deny this: among the demands of their newly appointed board, they ask for a "citizen assembly to debate the ecological transition".

In addition to taking part in local policy making, every adult male Athenian had the opportunity to attend the great citizen assembly, which met almost weekly to debate and vote on matters of importance, from financing the construction of a new road to fighting a war.

2. Commit to more engagement at a local level on national strategic questions, such as Trident, development aid and UK's role in Europe – with a particular emphasis on integrating young people, like the British Columbia Liberal party commitment to a citizen assembly or the America Speaks initiative.

They will then be well-positioned to take their place as decision-makers in the citizen assembly and, because of sortition and a system of office rotation, as eventual holders of public office.