Democracy School teaches citizens and activists to reframe exhausting and often discouraging single issue work (such as opposing ill-advised highway projects, stadium funding and corporate tax breaks, or proposing sick leave legislation, bans on toxic chemicals and common sense drug policy, etc.) in a way that we can confront corporate control on a powerful single front: people’s constitutional rights.
Our next Seattle school will focus on activists and organizers interested in helping lead a rights-based movement in Seattle, similar to what Spokane began in 2010. Specifically, graduates of the school will be encouraged to participate in community building efforts to draft a bill of rights for a future Seattle ballot initiative.
The next school will be held Friday evening, June 17th (6:30 pm - 9 pm) and all day Saturday, June 18th (9:30 am - 5:30 pm) in the Ballard neighborhood. Cost will be $150 per person. Space is limited and we expect this to fill up - so send in your registrations early. Need-based scholarships may be available upon request. Visit http://www.peoplefirst.us for more information.
The Democracy School will be led by Thomas Linzey of CELDF whose recent accomplishments include working with the city of Pittsburgh to pass an ordinance banning fracking/natural gas drilling within the city limits and the adoption of Constitutional language granting rights to nature in Ecuador.
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