Bicentennial Oregonians: Project 2059
Tune in on Thursday, March 26th at 1pm to Oregon 150 Radio to hear episode six: Project 2059 - How to engage young people today in thinking about and planning for the future of Oregon.
Guests include Justice Wally Carson, Mark Frischmuth, Justin Pham, and Jim Savard.
Learn about:
- How is Project 2059 part of the sesquicentennial commemoration in Oregon?
- What strategies are being used (e-organizing, open source software, the concept and mechanisms employed for DemocracyLab’s surveys, outreach to schools and to youth leadership groups (DECA, the Bus Project, etc.) to build the virtual and human architecture needed to identify and pursue the goals of young Oregonians?
- What is DemocracyLab? How is an internet platform being used to create those human, and technological, connections?
- What public policy areas are addressed?
- How are you inspiring teenagers to get involved in thinking about and envisioning public policy issues?
- Teens are supposed to help craft an “Oregon Blueprint.” What is this intended to be? How will it be used? What do you hope to achieve with this document?
