Melbourne Citizens Forum

Overview

Okay everyone, it's time we got our act together. The Wheeler Centre is hosting a modern day community meeting and you're all invited. The Melbourne Citizen’s Forum will be an all-day event at Myer Mural Hall dedicated to navigating discussion and debate around complex issues. For example, the starting question of the day is: 'In an imperfect democracy, how can the individual make a difference?' Yikes.

The day will run using an open space format which allows all participants to propose a starting point for each discussion and take part in the conversation. This method has been used all over the world to discuss a variety of issues successfully, so why not give it a go here and now?

If you've got some big ideas, care about the society you live in, and want your voice to be heard, you'd better get down. The ultimate aim is to come up with concrete ways that everyone can make a difference and, as they say, you’ve got to be in it to win it.

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