Dayton in Focus: Citizens' Assembly

In this special "Dayton in Focus" episode of the podcast Dayton City Manager Shelley Dickstein talks with Michelle Riley, CEO of the Foodbank, Inc., and Mike Squire, Division Manager of Community Engagement with the city, about citizens' assembly. A citizens’ assembly is a group of citizens that is selected at random in such a way that the composition of this group reflects selected demographic or social features of the whole society. In other words, it constitutes a city or a country in miniature. A role of a citizens’ assembly is an in-depth analysis of a given issue, a deliberation over different solutions, hearing of the pros and cons, and then, making informed decisions.

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Dayton in Focus: Citizens' Assembly is an episode from Birthplace of Next: City of Dayton Radio by City of Dayton, Ohio.

This episode is 23:49 long.

This episode was published on Feb 3, 2026.

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