Democratizing city charters
/A report exploring the use of municipal charters to allow equitable and just community decision-making, through a case study of the City of Boston, United States.
Read MoreA report exploring the use of municipal charters to allow equitable and just community decision-making, through a case study of the City of Boston, United States.
Read MoreThis guide is designed to help groups and organizations implement participatory budgeting (PB) internally, with members, staff, partners, donors, and other organizational stakeholders.
Read MoreThis resource maps the key steps of participatory policymaking.
Read MoreThis opinion piece argues that citizens' juries can result in better policymaking and greater trust between people and government.
Read MoreA case study on the use of a Citizens' Jury approach to give rural residents in Minnesota the resources and information they need to think critically and create sustainable community solutions.
Read MoreThis report on the Washington Climate Assembly provides insight into the Assembly purpose and process as well as the list of climate mitigation recommendations.
Read MoreThese posters informed residents about idea collection events for a participatory budgeting (PB) process in Chicago's 35th ward.
Read MoreThese flyers informed residents about project expos and voting locations for a participatory budgeting (PB) process in Chicago's 45th ward.
Read MoreThese posters provide details about projects that were included on the ballot in a participatory budgeting process in Chicago's 45th ward.
Read MoreThis flyer informed residents about voting locations and times for a participatory budgeting process in Chicago's 45th ward.
Read MoreThis ballot was used in a participatory budgeting (PB) process in Chicago's 36th ward.
Read MoreA paper that provides a model of the different levels of citizen participation and involvement in planning processes in the United States.
Read MoreIn this short book, Participatory Budgeting Project co-founder Josh Lerner provides a concise history of the organization's origins and its vision, highlighting its real-world successes in fostering grassroots budgeting campaigns in cities like New York, Boston, and Chicago.
Read MoreA book providing a comparative analysis of innovative democratic practices, including popular assemblies, mini-publics, direct legislation, and e-democracy.
Read MoreA guide to plan and execute effective outreach campaigns for participatory budgeting processes.
Read MoreThis toolkit provides practical guidance on how to use participatory budgeting to maximize the community benefits of Tax Increment Financing.
Read MoreAn article from the movement WV Can't Wait that shares what they learned in scaling up, how they brought new people in, and how they created meaningful roles for each person that served the whole.
Read MoreAn article from the movement WV Can't Wait that shares lessons learned about recruiting, training and assisting rural and small town movement candidates.
Read MoreA paper studying the impact of participatory budgeting on public spending priorities in New York City.
Read MoreThis toolkit, developed based on participatory budgeting experiences in Chicago schools, aims to make PB easier to implement with teachers and youth in schools across a wide variety of models and contexts.
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