{"id":28312,"date":"2015-06-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspeninstitutece.softmedia.cz\/news-article\/activists-at-town-halls-2\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T18:10:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T16:10:44","slug":"activists-at-town-halls-2","status":"publish","type":"news-article","link":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/news-article\/activists-at-town-halls-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Activists at Town Halls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When:\u00a0 June 18, 2015 (19:30 &#8211; 21:00)<br \/>\nWhere: La Fabrika (Komunard\u016f 30, Praha 7-Hole\u0161ovice,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.cz\/maps\/place\/Bubensk%C3%A1+1477%2F1,+170+00+Praha-Praha+7\/@50.0986554,14.4368145,17z\/data=!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x470b94b80d485665:0xcac23a3d9bbc60cb!2sBubensk%C3%A1+1477%2F1,+170+00+Praha-Praha+7!3b1!3m1!1s0x470b94b80d485665:0xcac23a3d9bbc60cb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MAP<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/717901275003052\/\" rel=\"noopener\">EVENT ON FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>How can you improve the city you live in? Most easily by paying taxes and casting a vote in elections. Besides, you can sort your waste, clean the streets after your dog and don\u2019t throw garbage around. You can also get more involved by engageing in community activities, trying to embetter your neighborhood. But what if you feel that\u2019s not enough? Are you willing to step up, run the elections and change your city as a local politician? There are few who did that and who challenged the &#8222;professional politician&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>The event will host:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>J\u00f3n Gnarr<\/strong>, former Mayor of Reykjavik, comedian, writer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peter Bro\u010dka<\/strong>, Mayor of Trnava<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mat\u011bj Hollan<\/strong>, Deputy Mayor of Brno, \u017d\u00edt Brno<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The debate will be chaired by documentary film director <strong>Bohdan Bl\u00e1hovec<\/strong>.\u00a0The guests will discuss:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Their personal insights and motivation to enter politics; was it worth it?<\/li>\n<li>Governing a city: What were the biggest achievements and challenges? How to improve life in a city? How to involve citizens to participate and gain their support?<\/li>\n<li>Artists and creative people in politics: Is the time of the professional politician, at least on the community level, coming to an end?\u00a0 What does it mean for the future of city administration and local politics?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The discussion will be in Czech, Slovak and English (without interpretation). The entry is FREE.<\/p>\n<p>The debate is an accompanying event of <strong>reSITE 2015: The Shared City<\/strong>, a conference on urbanism, architecture and future of cities. This year&#8217;s edition will explore the physical design, human networks, public policy and digital experience that defines The Shared City. For more information <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/resite.cz\/en\/\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">visit the conference website<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 550px; height: 204px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/aspen-media\/images_upload\/images\/aktiviste%20na%20radnici_fb_event_cover.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J\u00f3n Gnarr (Reykjavik), Mat\u011bj Hollan (Brno) and Peter Bro\u010dka (Trnava) in a public debate about their experiences with politics at city halls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-tag":[],"class_list":["post-28312","news-article","type-news-article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article\/28312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news-article"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aspeninstitutece.org\/cs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-tag?post=28312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}