DarVoz Sunday

• What we'll do
Democracy Cafe, a London-based network organisation focused on creating new technological tools for democratic debate, engagement and decision-making, is organising a day-long event on the 4th of February. The main event will take place in Newspeak House in London. Are you not able to come to London? No worries! You can join us online during one of the online Democracy Cafe sessions that will take place during the day. You can sign up here to take part in the online Democracy Cafe sessions. You will receive an invitation by e-mail for a Zoom meeting just before the session you registered for starts. We also invite and encourage you to organise local events on the 4th of February, across Europe, in conjunction with the London event. If you have a physical place where people can meet up and you are willing to organise a local event, please drop us an email at democracycafe@gmail.com. The programme: (Please note that all times are in GMT):
09:45-10:00 Room open in Newspeak house
10:00-10:30 Introduction, Live streamed on Zoom
10:30-11:30 Meet each other and Presentation of topics
11:30-13:30 First Democracy Cafe Round - Practising Democracy and Use Cases
13:30-14:30 Lunch break at Newspeak house
14:30-15:00 Feedback session
15:00-18:00 Second Democracy Cafe Round - Events and Use Cases
18:00-19:30 Wrap up and feedback
19:30 Wrap up and drinks at Newspeak house

About the Democracy Cafes:
The purpose of Democracy Cafes is to make genuine transnational politics possible, by providing an online space in which political activists from across Europe can meet and discuss pressing political issues in an informal “Cafe” setting. Think of it as the digital equivalent of Habermas’ coffeehouse. Democracy Cafes are meant for idea generation, not consolidation, which means that everyone’s opinion is listened to and respected. The Democracy Cafes are online meetings with audio and video. During these meetings, the main facilitator introduces the question on the table and splits the main group into small groups of people that can discuss the question for a designated period of time. After the discussions of small group end, everyone returns to the main room and summaries are given of the outcomes of the discussions.

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