Part 1: drafting policy and arguing it out
Middle and high school students from across the country split into six groups and began preparing their campaigns. A university student facilitator in each group led the icebreaker, and from there, working from basic data about Adachi, they drafted manifestos exactly as in a real election.
After lunch, Adachi assembly members joined the groups as advisers, and each team sharpened its policy on the back of pointed, precise advice from a serving politician.
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A student organization working on civic education and teenage participation in public life, driven by the gap in who gets opportunities. Our mission: every teenager should get to meet the person they have not yet become. Around forty high school and university students from Tokyo and the three neighbouring prefectures run it. Our programs include the Mock Ward Mayoral Election — held in the ward office and the assembly chamber, taking participants from drafting policy through candidacy to the count — and Osouji-tai, which builds a sense of ownership over shared space through cleaning. More than 1,000 people have now learned how democracy feels from the inside.
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