March News: Engaging Immigrants & Refugees, Jobs, New Board Members, Climate Assemblies
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We’re excited to share a new practical online course, resources on climate assemblies, job openings, and three ways to take action.
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Meet the New Global PB Board Members
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We are delighted to welcome the new members of our Global PB Boards! 17 government leaders, civil society advocates, and researchers from 15 countries are joining our global program to grow PB.
Read MoreNew Online Course: How to Engage Immigrants & Refugees in Participatory Budgeting
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In the next People Powered University online course, you’ll learn how to make participatory budgeting processes more inclusive, engaging, and empowering for immigrants, refugees, and internally displaced people.
Read MoreOrganizers Won Climate Assemblies in Poland, the United Kingdom, and France. Here's How.
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People Powered developed an online course to help advocates and practitioners start a climate assembly in their city or country. We’re excited to share some of the key insights from the course.
Read MoreWe're Hiring! Apply Now.
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Our people powered organization is growing! We’re seeking a Finance and Operations Director, Director of Partnerships, and Communications Manager to help us build participatory democracy around the world.
Read MoreTo Support Democracy, Foundations Must Practice Democracy
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To address our democratic crisis, foundations need to shift their mindsets and serve as schools of democracy, not defenders of oligarchy. Read our Executive Director’s new article to learn more.
Read MoreJanuary News: Board Openings, Climate Assemblies, PB for Climate Change
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We’re excited to share new practical online courses on participatory democracy, board opportunities, materials to help you address climate change, and three ways to take action.
Read MoreApply for a People Powered Board
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Are you interested in helping to build a stronger global movement for participatory democracy? People Powered is seeking passionate new members to serve on three organizational boards.
Read MoreNew Online Course: How to Start a Climate Assembly
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In the next online course of People Powered University, ’’How to Start a Climate Assembly,’’ participants will learn key lessons and best practices to advocate for and start a climate assembly in their city or country.
Read MoreParticipatory Budgeting for Climate Change: Lessons from Indonesia, Lisbon, and Montréal
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Cities are increasingly using participatory budgeting (PB) to address climate change, with residents. People Powered developed an online course to help more local governments learn from and replicate these experiences. We’re excited to share some of the key insights from the course.
Read MoreOur Plans for 2021
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With 2021 almost here, we’re looking ahead to new ways that we can solve global challenges together. We accomplished and learned a lot this year, and we’re excited to continue building global resources, power, and support for participatory democracy next year!
Read MoreWhat We Did in 2020
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Together we've built new resources, power, and infrastructure for participatory democracy. Check out our 2020 highlights.
Read MoreUsing Theatre to Make Policies: Legislative Theatre in Manchester
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Legislative theatre invites community members to act out solutions to community challenges and then turn these solutions into new laws and policies. Read how Manchester is using this innovative approach to decide its homelessness prevention strategy.
Read MoreNovember News: New Courses & Resources on Climate Change, Inclusion & PB
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We’re excited to share new online courses and materials to help you address big challenges like climate change and inclusion. Read about this new support, new staff, and new plans, plus three ways to take action.
Read MoreNew Online Course: Participatory Budgeting for Climate Change
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In the second online course of People Powered University, ’’How Cities Can Use Participatory Budgeting to Address Climate Change,’’ participants will learn how to engage more community members in addressing climate change, together.
Read MoreWhat should we do in 2021?
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We're planning People Powered's goals and budget for 2021, and we'd like you to help decide what we do, together. Please fill out this form to share your ideas for our 2021 goals (what we aim to accomplish), spending (how we should spend our budget), and revenue (how we should raise additional funds).
Read MoreOctober News: Free Mentorship, Online Courses, New Resources
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Together with our member organizations and advocates around the world, People Powered recently began providing free mentorship, organizing practical online courses, sharing new tools, and advocating for shared priorities. Read the highlights, plus three easy ways that you can support this work.
Read MoreOnline Course: How to Engage People with Disabilities in Participatory Budgeting
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We’re launching People Powered University, a new program of online courses designed to address common practical challenges faced by participatory democracy programs.
Read MoreLarge Scale Digital Participation: Participatory Budgeting at the National University of Rosario
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How can participatory democracy programs quickly go online, and still be meaningful and inclusive? The National University of Rosario offers a new model for navigating this transition - the largest university participatory budgeting program in the world, all online.
Read MoreIntroducing People Powered: Global Hub for Participatory Democracy
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We’re a people powered organization building people powered government. Here’s what that means, and why we’re launching People Powered.
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