About

Jamie Kelsey-Fry is one of the founders of the world’s first global citizens’ assembly in 2021 and is the producer for the forthcoming film ‘One World Or None’ about the global assembly and the movement for new democracy models. He has facilitated over 300 participatory democracy assemblies, wrote two manuals on how to run assemblies, instigated several successful grassroots community groups and has been a key part of several major grassroots movements in the past two decades. He has been the contributing editor for New Internationalist for over a decade, has made over 250 appearances on mainstream media advocating for climate and social justice and new democracy culture and has published a textbook for active citizenship that was given 10 out of 10 by Times Education Supplement in 2010. He launched One World Or None Ltd on October 31st 2023. 

Charo Lanao is a ​Pampa misayoc (Andean Priest from the Inca tradition). She is a certified Neuro Linguistic trainer, a Timeline and Hypnosis Master Practitioner  and a Provocative Coach, to understand the relationship with ourselves and has a Master's degree in Tropical Conservation and Development to understand our relationship with Mother Earth and how to take care of her. Charo was the lead plenary facilitator for the Global Assembly of 2021.

Shimri Zameret is an activist, an award winning writer and a public speaker. Zameret is currently a lecturer and researcher in the University of Michigan. His research focuses on the strategy used by social movements to change global governance. Zameret had spent two years in an Israeli prison as a war resister, set up the first tent in Occupy London, co-founded the joint annual Palestinian-Israeli memorial ceremony, helped organise the first Camp for Climate Action and counter-G8/G20 protests in Japan, Germany, Mexico and Italy.

 Shelagh Wright and Peter Jenkinson are committed internationalists with extensive experience of working internationally in over 40 countries on every continent supporting creative and cultural work for progressive community, social and political development, including research into the contribution of cultural and creative activists in the campaigns and political culture of the new Municipalist Movement. Peter has a long and award winning career in museums and galleries, was the first national director of Creative Partnerships UK and an early champion of democratic cultural practices in institutions. Shelagh was a longtime associate of the think tank Demos working on creative learning and democratic entrepreneurship, is co-chair of Compass (political pressure group for a more equal, democratic and sustainable future) and non-exec  

director of Common Cause Foundation. They helped to galvanise the cultural work of the first Global Citizens Assembly with Jamie. 

 Nick Mayhew is founder of Alembic Strategy, a facilitator and coach for family and founder led businesses. A core part of this practice is helping resolve conflict, align on purpose and vision and find better ways forwards. He was brought up in the Tibetan Buddhist community in the UK, and is a lifelong practitioner of mediation and Tai Chi. He his a history degree from Oxford University and an MSc in the psychology and neuroscience of mental health from Kings College, London.