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Rebooting Democracy: Richard Young on Revitalizing Civic Assemblies
On this episode of Luce Change, Sean Buffington speaks with Richard Young, Executive Director of CivicLex in Lexington, Kentucky, about the power of place, and why local democracy is the most underestimated front in the fight to rebuild civic life in America.
At the center of the conversation is CivicLex’s first-ever civic assembly: 36 randomly selected, demographically representative Lexington residents convening across six sessions to deliberate on proposed changes to the city charter. Like the concentric rings of a public square, the assembly draws people inward toward a shared decision–Young believes that is exactly how civic repair begins.
Articles & Organizations Mentioned:
CivicLex: civiclex.org
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: amacad.org
Everyday Democracy (Martha McCoy): everyday-democracy.org
Harvard Kennedy School / Archon Fung: hks.harvard.edu
Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange: kyrux.org
Oak Ridge Periodic Tables (David Allred, Oak Ridge, TN): oakridgeperiodictables.com
Black Yarn (Lexington, KY): blackyarn.com
Outlier Media (Detroit, MI): outliermedia.org
People’s Budget Office / Mural Arts Philadelphia: muralarts.org
North Carolina Local News Lab Fund: nclocalnews.org
Panelot (sortition software): panelot.org
The Austin Common (Austin, TX): theaustincommon.com
The Village Square (Liz Joyner, Tallahassee, FL): tlh.villagesquare.us
Good Neighbor Week (San Francisco, CA): sfgoodneighborweek.org
Department of Public Transformation: publictransformation.org
Knight Foundation: knightfoundation.org
Bluegrass Community Foundation: bgcf.org
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By Henry Luce FoundationOn this episode of Luce Change, Sean Buffington speaks with Richard Young, Executive Director of CivicLex in Lexington, Kentucky, about the power of place, and why local democracy is the most underestimated front in the fight to rebuild civic life in America.
At the center of the conversation is CivicLex’s first-ever civic assembly: 36 randomly selected, demographically representative Lexington residents convening across six sessions to deliberate on proposed changes to the city charter. Like the concentric rings of a public square, the assembly draws people inward toward a shared decision–Young believes that is exactly how civic repair begins.
Articles & Organizations Mentioned:
CivicLex: civiclex.org
American Academy of Arts and Sciences: amacad.org
Everyday Democracy (Martha McCoy): everyday-democracy.org
Harvard Kennedy School / Archon Fung: hks.harvard.edu
Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange: kyrux.org
Oak Ridge Periodic Tables (David Allred, Oak Ridge, TN): oakridgeperiodictables.com
Black Yarn (Lexington, KY): blackyarn.com
Outlier Media (Detroit, MI): outliermedia.org
People’s Budget Office / Mural Arts Philadelphia: muralarts.org
North Carolina Local News Lab Fund: nclocalnews.org
Panelot (sortition software): panelot.org
The Austin Common (Austin, TX): theaustincommon.com
The Village Square (Liz Joyner, Tallahassee, FL): tlh.villagesquare.us
Good Neighbor Week (San Francisco, CA): sfgoodneighborweek.org
Department of Public Transformation: publictransformation.org
Knight Foundation: knightfoundation.org
Bluegrass Community Foundation: bgcf.org
Interested in joining the conversation? Share this episode with a friend, follow Henry Luce Foundation on Instagram & LinkedIn, or subscribe to our newsletter.