THE CIVIC 
ENGAGEMENT PROJECT

A New Kind of Town Meeting

Planning an Interactive Town Meeting

Interactive Community Forums

Linking Citizens with Community Organizations

The Efficient Frontier

How to 
Reach Us

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Modern American communities are complex – as are the problems they face. So, conventional methods often fail to solve those problems in ways the entire community can accept.

But if all segments of the community are actively involved in searching for solutions, a community's conflicts can be turned into agreements that win wide public support.

The Democracy 2000 Civic Engagement Project is grounded in three principles:

      ·  All citizens  can contribute ideas, energy and action.

      ·  Proposals for improving a community are far more likely to be accepted if most citizens have a role in shaping them.

      ·  The most effective way to capitalize on citizens' energy is to gather together representatives, each of whom accurately represents a segment of the community.

We call our approach "Interactive Representation" IR:

• Engages citizens in the political life of their community.

• Creates genuine public forums for face-to-face interaction.

• Helps put an end to finger pointing, bickering and mud slinging.

• Complements the traditional decision making activities of agencies, courts, and legislatures.

• Generates solutions that are fairer, more efficient, better informed and more stable than conventional methods produce.

To discuss your community's needs, contact us for a free consultation. You can reach us by sending an email to dem2000@igc.org