Launching a nationwide movement of purposeful leaders in support of the Grand Bargain.
We will invite the American people to co-create a roadmap for our shared future.
Our overall objective: a society in which all can thrive.
A Working Session:
Reuniting a Divided America around a Roadmap for the Future
Wednesday, May 28 | 6:00-7:30 pm CT US
with Center for Collaborative Democracy CEO Sol Erdman, Executive Director Cheryl Hughes,
CPL Executive Director, Patricia Neal, CPL Board Chair, Cecily Victor
and CPL Members Bud Wilson, Jerry Chang, David O’Fallon & John Harris
and YOU!
Help Shape the Grand Bargain Project
For American democracy to survive, we need a new social contract and brave purposeful leaders forearmed for today's unique challenges.
The Grand Bargain Project is designed to unite Americans around a Practical Plan for advancing 6 Key Issues that 90+ percent of us see as critical to our future.
What Does this Working Session Involve?
Experience a “taste” of the Grand Bargain workshop in which we will engage citizens in deliberation over the project’s proposed roadmap for the future;
Learn the “branches” of the Grand Bargain “tree"
-the “GB App”
-Workshops in 435 Congressional districts
-engaging members of Congress
-inviting stakeholds to participate
-social/digital networking;Explore and discuss the scope and intent of this vital new offering.
Participant feedback from this session will be incorporated into the Grand Bargain workshops and help inform further advocacy and organizing efforts to improve the proposed policy package.
You will have an opportunity to register for a:
CPL-led Grand Bargain Project Workshop
Special conveners group to explore Workshop leadership.
The workshops will help build a national movement, eventually engaging policymakers to acknowledge the urgent need for adopting a Grand Bargain to protect America’s future.
The Grand Bargain will be built—and certainly benefit—from the input of concerned citizens, civic organizations, and professional associations. Deliberative democracy is a key element of piecing together and building widespread support for the Grand Bargain Project.
To that end, we are hosting participatory workshops across America to help shape the content of the Grand Bargain. The workshops address six issues that most Americans are eager to adopt:
Join us on
Wednesday, May 28
6:00-7:30 pm CT US
Learn more:
Reuniting A Divided America around A Roadmap For The Future
Join CPL and Sol Erdman, from Center for Collaborative Democracy, to be part of this amazing opportunity to reimagine democracy as we know it by:
Creating a new social contract for our future based on the Preamble to the Constitution.
"We the People" are the opening words of the Preamble to the United States Constitution, signifying that the power of the U.S. government originates from the citizens, not the government itself. It establishes the Constitution's fundamental purposes, which include forming a more perfect union, establishing justice, ensuring domestic tranquility, providing for the common defense, promoting the general welfare, and securing the blessings of liberty.
Systemic Remedy
To reunite the American people around a shared vision of our future – before it’s too late -- we are proposing common-sense reforms in the above six areas that, when combined, would vastly improve life for all.
We distilled ideas — from major stakeholders, think tank leaders, former policymakers, political activists and citizen groups — into 41 reforms, each one sentence long, that — when combined — would yield historic progress in all six areas, and at lower cost than current policies.
Building an Exponentially Growing Movement
Bridge Alliance, various Rotary Clubs, and other civic groups are working with us to incorporate the Grand Bargain into their community-building programs.
CPL, Braver Angels and others will host workshops in which participants deliberate over the evolving plan.
To foster nationwide dialogue, we will hold at least three workshops in each of the 435 congressional districts. Citizens will deliberate over the combined reforms — in community meeting and online. We will, in turn, distill the results into a form that we will deliver to political leaders as representing the will of the America people.
Wednesday, May 28
6:00-7:30 pm CT US
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