About NOVASEN

In Decidim (this platform), an assembly is a group of organization members who meet periodically to make decisions within a specific area of the organization. In NOVASEN, we use an "assembly" module on this Decidim platform to schedule and keep track of virtual meetings, and within this assembly space we use processes. NOVASEN is a kind of general assembly which meets to define our organisation's main lines of action and our project "circles" to get things done as democratically as possible.

This digital form of "assembly" is meant to mirror the structure, ethos, and goals of popular assemblies in the real world. Popular assemblies have a rich and storied history here in Virginia, and are alive and well today. To learn more about popular assemblies, participatory democracy, and how they relate to the solidarity economy, click here.