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What is deliberative democracy, and can it help your community involve more people in creating a better future for all? SCCAN Story Weaver, Kaska Hempel, explores the idea in this story from the People’s Assembly in Torry, as the community stand up against becoming a sacrificial zone yet again.The Assembly took place at St Fittick’s Park over the weekend of 28 and 29 of May this year, and it was facilitated by Open Source. It was a part of the multi-partner Just Transition Communities pilot project, coordinated by North-East Climate Action Network (NESCAN) Hub and funded by the Scottish Government from their Just Transition Fund.Interviews, recording and edits: Kaska HempelWith special thanks to NESCAN for the use of recording of Alison Stewart’s speech, from the North East Communities Just Transition project partner Knowledge Exchange event 31 May, 2023.Resources:NESCAN https://www.nescan.org/Grassroots to Global/Open Source https://www.grassroots2global.org/open-sourceAssembly Catalyst training with Open Source in Aberdeen, apply by 4th of October https://www.grassroots2global.org/trainingDeclaration of Torry People’s Assembly May 2023 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LVnCe8YBD4PV1uThl411Ahzfbu1gejtA0LHoro-9eBg/editScottish Government’s Just Transition Fund https://www.gov.scot/publications/just-transition-fund/pages/overview/Lesley Riddoch’s column on Torry People’s Assembly in The National, May 2023 https://www.thenational.scot/politics/23514047.torry-one-deprived-areas-lose-park-just-transition/XR Scotland statement on reasons for leaving Scottish Climate Assembly Stewarding Group in 2020 https://xrscotland.org/2020/11/xr-scotland-can-no-longer-endorse-scotlands-climate-citizens-assembly/First Torry People’s Assembly 2021 report by Scott Herrett and Susan Smith https://www.grassroots2global.org/thinkinghome/torry-assemblyPeople’s Torry Assembly Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/PeoplesAssemblyTorryPeople’s Torry Assembly Twitter https://twitter.com/Torry_PAGrampian Community Law Centre, Robert Gordon University https://www.rgu.ac.uk/news/news-2022/5411-grampian-community-law-centre-prepares-for-torry-launch-in-scotland-firstA mini-doco by ReelNews "They're killing our kids!" Save St Fitticks Park, including Climate Camp visit to St Fittick’s https://youtu.be/jtvfbc-2GT8,Friends of St Fittick’s Park https://saintfittickstorry.com/Greyhope Bay Café in a doco by Sara Stroud https://vimeo.com/639311933Transcript[Why don't you tell me what you're doing here?[[[[It's a little melting pot. I'm from just south of Aberdeen and I live in the north. I got involved with Friends Of St Fittick's Park, who are one of the main activist groups organising the event today. The green space we're in, St Fittick's. It is earmarked for demolition company called Energy Transition Zone.My degree was in Conservation Biology, so I'm really interested in the biodiversity here. It's won awards. There was £300, 000 of spending from the council to enhance biodiversity at this site. It's done incredible. Yeah. It's not a very clear cut issue. It involves a lot of discussion around the power that oil and gas has in Aberdeen, who the council is serving.There's vast amou