Hannah Arendt Center presents:
Citizens’ Assemblies: A Scéal of Irish Success
November First Friday Networking Breakfast
Friday, November 6, 2026
Consulate General of Ireland, NY
8:00 pm
This event occurs on:
Fri. November 6, 8 pm
Please join us for our 'Citizens’ Assemblies: A Scéal of Irish Success ' First Friday Breakfast
How can ordinary citizens help shape public policy? Ireland’s experience with Citizens’ Assemblies has attracted international attention as a powerful model for informed, inclusive decision-making. Join us in conversation with Philip Lindsay, Director of the Democracy Innovation Hub at Bard College’s Hannah Arendt Center, as we explore the power of citizens assemblies in Ireland, the United States and around the world.
Bio:
Philip Lindsay is the Director of the Democracy Innovation Hub at the Hannah Arendt Center. Over the past four years, he has hosted several national gatherings and trainings for elected officials and public servants to learn how to run citizens’ assemblies. These trainings, at Bard and in New York City, led to the first major use of sortition in NYC, and catalyzed a major citywide assembly in Ft. Collins, Colorado. He also organizes trainings with educators on how to bring deliberative democracy into the classroom, and hosts the Democracy Innovation Academy monthly online webinar series, which is free and open to the public.
Please join us for our 'Citizens’ Assemblies: A Scéal of Irish Success ' First Friday Breakfast
How can ordinary citizens help shape public policy? Ireland’s experience with Citizens’ Assemblies has attracted international attention as a powerful model for informed, inclusive decision-making. Join us in conversation with Philip Lindsay, Director of the Democracy Innovation Hub at Bard College’s Hannah Arendt Center, as we explore the power of citizens assemblies in Ireland, the United States and around the world.
Bio:
Philip Lindsay is the Director of the Democracy Innovation Hub at the Hannah Arendt Center. Over the past four years, he has hosted several national gatherings and trainings for elected officials and public servants to learn how to run citizens’ assemblies. These trainings, at Bard and in New York City, led to the first major use of sortition in NYC, and catalyzed a major citywide assembly in Ft. Collins, Colorado. He also organizes trainings with educators on how to bring deliberative democracy into the classroom, and hosts the Democracy Innovation Academy monthly online webinar series, which is free and open to the public.