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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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George Anders

HISTORICAL FACTS: Can ordinary citizens solve our toughest problems | History Defined

Philanthropy Citizen Assemblies - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Eliza Wilson is a little nervous as she draws the microphone close, but she is determined to share her life story. “My father was a disabled veteran,” she says. “I first experienced homelessness when I was 5 years old.”

Wilson, who’s 36, leads programs focused on unhoused youth. On a recent Saturday, she is addressing a citizen assembly, a grassroots gathering seeking solutions to tough local challenges.

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