Assemblies—gatherings where large numbers of people come together to deliberate and make collective decisions—are a powerful tool for democratic governance and movement-building. As the U.S. and countries around the world struggle to meet people’s material needs, reduce extreme concentrations of wealth and defeat right-wing racist and xenophobic authoritarian threats, assemblies and other models of collaborative governance hold potential to help reverse the tide. In this webinar, we’ll talk with Ben Palmquist, author of a new report on assemblies, about how different forms of assemblies including people’s movement assemblies and civic assemblies are reshaping governance across the U.S. and around the world. And we’ll hear from Just Futures in Washington State and the Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition about how they’re using assemblies and building community-government collaboration to support community-led visioning and power-building for equity and justice for all.
Featured speakers:
- Kesi Foster, Co-Executive Director, Partners for Dignity & Rights (moderator)
- Evan Casper–Futterman, Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
- Katherine Mella, Northwest Bronx Community and Clergy Coalition
- Esther Min, Front and Centered
- Lindsay Morgan Tracy, Washington Economic Justice Alliance, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services
- Ben Palmquist, Partners for Dignity & Rights, New Social Contract
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 9am PT / 12pm ET / 6pm CET, virtual (available in English with Spanish interpretation)
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