How to Organize Deliberative Assemblies through a Process of “Civic Lottery” in High Schools

A practical article outlining how to set up deliberative assemblies in high schools using sortition (lottery) to select participants.

The piece emphasises the importance of moving from dialogue (exploration) to deliberation (decision-making) and offers steps such as selecting participants by civic lottery, preparing them with training in deliberation and public speaking, structuring the assembly process, ensuring fairness in the draw, informing parents/guardians, and defining clear decision-making mechanisms.

Source: Fundación Platoniq
Language: English

Authors: Joan B. Cabot

Year of publication: 2023