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Within the general topic of deepening democracy as a way of life, we welcome proposals in the following themes:
- Deepening democracy in civil society:
community organizations, neighborhood groups, online communities and digital democracy, indigenous communities, social movements, non-governmental or-ganizations, associations of residents, families, networks and diaspora communities, political parties, unions, housing cooperatives, popular libraries, Theater of the Oppressed, uses of public space, etc.
Deepening democracy in spaces organized by the state (municipal, provincial and national): participatory budgets, public consultations, decentralization, democratization and redistribution, randomocracy, participatory planning, citizen assemblies, community councils, the educating cities movement, urban pedagogy, federations, “Council in the districts”, online government, deliberative polling, etc.
Deepening democracy in the workplace: democracy and citizenship learning in the work place, cooperatives, solidarity/social economy, recuperated businesses, diverse economies, learning communities, inclusive workplaces, etc.
Deepening democracy in K-12 (from pre-school to high school): conflict resolution; youth protagonism, new methodologies for citizen education, student delegates; student councils; youth participatory budgets; youth media, intercultural curriculum, global education, connecting content, method and surroundings, etc.
Deepening democracy in higher education: direct election of authorities, self-government, new educational strategies, community-university alliances, democracy inside student and faculty organizations, university extension programs, innovative pedagogies, service learning, etc.
Deepening democracy in non-formal education: youth and adult education programs, popular education, courses, workshops, youth exchanges, learning communities, museums, etc.
Deepening democracy in the media: press ombudsmen, media cooperatives, indymedia, employee stock participation, media concentration control, informative guarantees of media pluralism, culture jamming, crowdsourcing, Internet, social media (blogs, Wikipedia, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, etc.), right to retort, etc.
Deepening democracy in transnational communities: citizenship without borders, global citizenship, world social forum, world education forum, international exchanges, transnationalism, global solidarity movements, diaspora networks, virtual communities, etc.
Other proposals that are linked to the general topic but do not necessarily correspond with the themes above.
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