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A statewide collaboration
Researchers, lawmakers, and statewide organizations supporting informed public deliberation on Maine's future.
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Register for the delegate lottery! Last call May 10!
Assembly Collaborators Support Delegate Learning
Maine Education Policy Research Institute's Steering Committee, plus a small group of additional organizations to help us better reflect the diversity of Maine, will contribute educational materials and participate in informational panels to inform delegates' learning. These organizations support the Assembly's learning phase but don't participate in deliberations or decision-making—that's the delegates' job.
Assembly Collaborators Support Delegate Learning
Maine Education Policy Research Institute's Steering Committee, plus a small group of additional organizations to help us better reflect the diversity of Maine, will contribute educational materials and participate in informational panels to inform delegates' learning. These organizations support the Assembly's learning phase but don't participate in deliberations or decision-making—that's the delegates' job.
Maine Education Association
Maine Immigrants' Rights Coalition
Maine Municipal Association
Maine Principals' Association
Maine School Boards Association
Maine School Superintendents Association
Center for Community Inclusion & Disability Studies
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Educate Maine
Maine Administrators of Services for Children with Disabilities
Maine Children's Alliance
Maine Community College System
Maine Curriculum Leaders Association
Maine Development Foundation
Major Funders of the Maine Citizens' Assembly
The largest philanthropic organization in New England focused exclusively on education. https://nmefoundation.org/
The Education and Cultural Affairs Committee of the Maine State Legislature
Technology
Technology
The Assembly uses Comhairle, a structured deliberation platform developed in Scotland, to do a few crucial things in the assembly process. Comhairle is not used for open-ended advocacy or real-time debate.
Partners in Democracy supports the integration of technology into the assembly process and helps ensure delegates have a smooth experience using any of the deliberative tools.
Comhairle:
Receives and tracks registrations for the delegate lottery.
Provides a responsive and query-able library of learning resources for delegates.
Allows delegate quadratic voting to put more control in each delegates' hands and result in more nuanced reports to legislators about delegate preferences.
Organizes and tracks feedback from MEPRI Steering Committee members at defined points.
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