"All around this vast room, you heard citizens saying politely to others, ‘What do you think?’ and then listening - actually listening - to the replies. In this room ‘I’ had turned to ‘we’...and it was absolutely thrilling."
Real democracy in action. America Speaks is an organization bringing the power of deciding what's best for their city to the citizens. Through 21st Century Town Meetings and collaborative design, this organization is involving dozens of cities worldwide is building a better future. One fascinating project involved rebuilding the World Trade Center site.
They now will be working with a coalition of folks here in Cleveland to
help us shape the future of our own city. Poverty, unemployement,
schools, green spaces, and economic development. Nothing is off the
table.
Brilliant.
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