New possibilities for Community Activists

Selected Benefits

• Spark systemic change without necessarily going through the current power structure
• Facilitate all the people to come together as "We the People" ... aware, educated and thoughtful
• Empower citizens to determine new solutions and implement them

• Experiment #1: In the Rogue Valley of Oregon three citizens convened a Wisdom Council ... just one ... but it empowered a “We the People” movement in Ashland OR that eventually reshaped the town charter and town council. See the 22 minute documentary by Joseph McCormick “Democracy in America.”

• Experiment #2: Victoria BC a gathering of citizens organized a set of Wisdom Council events that built a spirit of community that is continuing now under the auspices of the city council. See www.WiseDemocracyVictoria.org