Imagining a New Democracy with Participatory Budgeting
Maria Hadden wrote for the civic engagement blog about her work on participatory budgeting in the city of Chicago.
Tech Governance
Volunteering as Civic Engagement At Home and Abroad
Innovation Can Fuel Inequality. But Can It Also Solve It?
New York City shows that, by tethering investment and innovation, cities can disperse opportunity and bring marginalized voices into policy.
The Time for Engaging Citizens in Democracy Is Now
Participatory budgeting represents an authentic way of making a government literally of the people, by the people, and for the people.
Including Rural Communities at the Policy-Making Table
What might it look like for people in rural communities to have their views reflected in the policy landscape?
Buckets of Opportunity in Rural America
Factoring Schools into the Calculus of City Budgeting
There’s an unlikely source of input into Austin’s public budget—the city’s public school students.
Commit to Local Action
This year, let’s resolve to rebuild our civic muscles by getting involved at the local level.