People Powered has organizational and individual members. Organizational members are local, national, or regional organizations that directly implement, assist with or advocate for participatory democracy programs. Individual members are practitioners, policymakers, researchers or advocates who work on participatory democracy.
Participatory democracy includes programs such as participatory budgeting, participatory policy-making and planning, legislative theater, and citizen assemblies. People Powered supports members in addressing common challenges, building power and resources, and advocating for shared priorities.
Who Are Our Members?
Organizational Members
Our network includes over 100 civil society organizations in more than 40 countries.
Individual Members
Janice Da Silva, One Dress One Smile, Cabo Verde
Jared Abbott, California State University, United States
Jarek Olejniczak, Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland
Javier Morales, Make.org, Vitry-sur-Seine, France.
Jim Labbe, Participatory Budgeting Oregon, Portland, United States.
John Maritim, County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet, Kenya
Katy Rubin, Legislative Theater practitioner, United Kingdom
Karla Valverde, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Lodewijk Gelauff, Stanford University, United States
Madison Rock, Rural Arizona Engagement, United States
Maggie Shum, Penn State Erie, United States
Melisa Ross, Universität Bremen | Global Citizens' Assembly Network, Germany
María Candela Grec, Municipality of the City of Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina.
Meri Harutyunyan Yerevan Municipality, Yerevan, Armenia.
Nicole Curato, University of Canberra, Australia
Oluchi Igili, Visiting Fellow, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pauliina Lehtonen, Tampere University, Finland
Ramon van der Does, UC Louvain, Belgium
Rebecca Marcus, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, United States
Rocío Annunziata, CONICET-UNSAM, Argentina
Rodrigo Sartori Bogo, São Paulo State University/Boise State University, Brazil
Rodrigo Mousinho Agente-Lab, Janeiro, Brazil.
Ron Hayduk, San Francisco State University, United States
Savaş Zafer Şahin, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University/Citizen Assembly of Ankara, Turkey
Sonia Bussu, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Stephanie McNulty, Franklin and Marshall College, United States
Stéphane Dubé, Independent Consultant, Canada
Su Yun Woo, University of Twente, The Netherlands
Tatiana Cárdenas Arciniegas, Independent Consultant, Spain
Tabz O’Brien, NHS GM & GMCA (National Health Service Greater Manchester & Greater Manchester Combined Authority), UK
Aaron Landsman, theater artist and teacher, New York, New York
Abu Antuonogwen Mahama, Sekondi - Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly, Ghana
Alan Smith, Consumer Reports, Brooklyn, New York
Alberto Ford, Facultad de Ciencia Política. Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Alekz Aguila, Secretary of Citizen Participation of Nuevo Leon Government, Monterrey, Mexico
Alina Miruna Milos, City Hall Timisoara, Romania
Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Annie Cook, Deciding Matters, United Kingdom
Antoine Bézard, LBP participation citoyenne, France
Bess Lee, advocate of open technology, Taiwan
Brendan Halloran, strategy, impact and learning advisor, Washington D.C, United States.
Carolin Hagelskamp, HWR Berlin/Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany
Caron Atlas, Arts & Democracy, United States
Celina Su, City University of New York, United States
Claucia Piccoli Faganello, PUCRS, Brazil
Daniely Votto, Instituto de Governança e Controle do Câncer, Brazil
David Reilly, The Poverty Alliance, Scotland
Edwin Msewa, Jappa-Nigel Consultancies, Malawi
Eliza Meriabe, Nalotuesha Indigenous Women Organisation, Kenya
Emiliano Arena, Asociación Argentina de Democracia Participativa, Argentina
Elisha Mavodyo, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
Gabriela de Brelaz, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Gisela Signorelli, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Argentina
Gustavo Moreira Maia, Colab, Brazil
Hector Alejandro Villarreal Lozoya, FacilitacionVirtual.com, Dominican Republic
Iolanda Romano, Avventura Urbana/Scuola Capitale sociale/ Department of Public Affairsu, Italy
Isabel Luciano, Participatory Budgeting Project, United States