Group Members: Bridget Kaiser, Kristen Cone, Dawn-Ashley Dennis

On April 28, thousands of citizens will spend the night in the street for an event called, “Displace Me.” In 10 major cities around America, people of all ages will come together to raise awareness about the devastation on Northern Uganda. Uganda has been in the midst of civil war for twenty years, and this rally is hoping to spur the government to act.
Many of the people attending the rally are students. On Facebook, they have been able to raise awareness among their peers by creating groups and inviting people to join. Forums for discussion have been created and the event has been publicized through facebook.
Both the rally itself and facebook are examples of how citizens unite to discuss and act upon things that are important to them. This method of protesting not only educates people about the situation in Uganda, but it also incites action from the government because of the wide response to the event.

Lindsey Wetesnik
Kristina Jaynes
Michael Thompson
Nick Walsh
Sandi Kharidehal

Family discussion at the dinner table about politics
This is one of the most private forms of citizen deliberation. It is the way most people in our society either learn about politics and or practice their deliberation and personal points of view. When people are young, they tend to accept their parents point of view, then when they get older they have to make up their own opinions. College is an experience that allows people to open their minds and develop their own opinions without having to rely on their parents. The parents will still encourage their children to voice their opinions and stand by them, despite opposition. Home is a good “breeding ground” for political thought because most of the time you feel more comfortable talking in front of loved ones who will respect your opinions, most of the time…

The NBA all-star game is both an example of democracy and exclusion due to the voting style. The use of the internet to vote makes it open to the public to decide which of their favorite players make the all star team, though this is not open to the entire public. Though the majority of the American public have some sort of Internet access, one of the types of democracy that lessig talks about, not everyone does which discriminates against the poor. To make this a true democracy, everyone should have the right to vote.