Selected level
Neighbor Circle
8 to 20 people close to the consequence.
Power held here: Listening, first repair work, missing-voices map, conflict disclosure.
Unity without uniformity
How It Works
Learn how Neighbor Circles, assemblies, councils, and the National Commons move authority near consequences while protecting rights.
Signature visual
Circle-to-Commons zoom
Authority starts in the nearest circle that can act and federates only when the shared problem crosses the local line.
Neighbor Circles
Small groups of roughly 8 to 20 people organizing around a shared place.
Neighborhood Assemblies
Open deliberation where residents map needs, choose work, and publish decisions.
Regional Councils
Coordination for housing, transport, watersheds, health, and other systems that cross local lines.
National Commons
Shared standards, rights floor, research, training, and campaigns without owning local communities.
Local first does not mean local only.
Authority belongs at the closest level capable of succeeding. Regional and national action is required when rights, scale, spillovers, infrastructure, or shared resources demand it.
Leadership rotation
Terms, succession, published authority, and removal rules prevent personality-cult drift.
Due process
Members, chapters, and dissenters get clear rules, appeal paths, and minority reports.
Anti-capture
Donor rules, conflict disclosures, financial summaries, and public corrections keep the institution answerable.
90-day pilot
Listen, map, choose one achievable project, publish measures, deliver, account, and decide what comes next.