Shifting the power and responsibility of governance from states and corporations into the hands of ordinary people will require alternative institutions like popular assemblies which can facilitate discussion and democratic decision-making at the grassroots level.

What does it look like in practice to build direct democracy in our neighborhoods and home towns? How do we empower ourselves and our neighbors to participate in the decisions that affect our lives? What are the opportunities and challenges of organizing popular assemblies in the current moment?

Watch our September 9th discussion on these questions, featuring a panel of grassroots community organizers working to build a new democracy within the shell of the old, starting at the local level.

Featured Speakers:

• Denzel Caldwell, Black Nashville Assembly
• Aaron, Richmond People’s Assembly
• Rosie DeSantis, Riverbend Free Space