Seeking 100 Volunteers to Play Civic Games at DemFest

Learning Life seeks 100 volunteers to play 2-4 hours of civic games at the third DMV Democracy Festival on Saturday, October 10.  Middle and high school students can get community service hours for playing the games.

DemFest will feature four civic games from four different DC area organizations:

1.  The League of Women Voters’ “DC Statehood Now!”: Overcome spoilers and setbacks to pass the D.C. Statehood Bill through the U.S. House and Senate.

2.  Bill of Rights Institute’s “Escape Bureaucracy”: Foster collaboration while navigating the pros and cons of bureaucracy in the cabinets of the U.S. Executive Office.

3.  President Lincoln’s Cottage’s “Brave Ideas”: Inspired by Lincoln’s work on emancipation at the Cottage, develop your own brave ideas in response to real-world problems.

4. Game Genius’s “Consensus”: Navigate competing interests, build trust, and discover how communication and compromise can turn conflict into a visual process everyone can learn from.

“Learning and practicing the knowledge and skills of democratic citizenship need not be boring or divisive.  DemFest is all about making democracy more fun and social to help widen participation, and this year’s expanded array of games is a vital part of that.  We’re pleased to collaborate with four organizations that care about making democracy more engaging for more people,” explains Learning Life Founder, Paul Lachelier.

These four analog, interactive games will take place at DemFest on Saturday, October 10 from 1 to 5pm (one game per hour).  DemFest will be from 1 to 6pm at All Souls Church Unitarian, 1500 Harvard St NW, DC, an eight-minute walk from the Columbia Heights Station on the Green Line.  Come for the games, and stay for the culminating party to mingle, enjoy free sweets, a raffle with awards up to $100 cash, and more.

Individuals and teams willing to volunteer to play the games should mark their calendars, and RSVP.

DemFest and the civic games are part of the DMV Democracy Learning Community.  The Community works to strengthen democracy in the DC region by making it more engaging and inclusive, connecting professionals, publics and policymakers via social events, products, services and spaces that nurture fun, learning, networking, collaboration and wider, deeper citizen participation.