The pic featured on this blog is the opening slide of a presentation I gave to a VLGA forum ‘Community engagement in Local Government, where have we been, where are we going?’ in March 2014. So here’s a classic piece of graffiti on public interest aspirations: ‘This world has so much potential’ and self-interest: ME! The forum focused on the democratic intent of community engagement. It reviewed current practice, explored different LG rationales for their community engagement, and looked to the future. I’m passionate about community, democracy and research, and though I’d put forward a controversial proposition in the presentation ‘Community Engagement in Local Governemnt, Enlivening Democracy?’ If you’d like a copy, get in touch.
