A Democratic Alternative: Sortition/Citizen Assemblies

Sortition or random selection, as used in juries, is the method Ancient Athens used to select their legislative representatives. Could this work in our time? And work better than elections? John Gastil will be speaking on the promise of Sortition/Citizen Juries as a solution to many of the problems in our politics. For more on citizen assemblies, see the Carlisle Quaker Meeting events page. carlislepaquakers.org/events/