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YOUthDecide: Our First Youth-Led PB Conference Recap
Last month, PBP was invited to The Laura Flanders Show to talk about how participatory budgeting is building community power, making public spending more equitable and effective, and transforming democracy.
Read MoreStaff Spotlight Series, Part 3
This Spotlight Series is an opportunity to celebrate each member of our team, our undeniable interconnectedness, and our collective goal to reimagine democracy.
Read MoreWalking Our Talk, Together: PB for Organizations
Last month, we launched our latest toolkit on implementing participatory budgeting in your nonprofit organization, collective, or network. Read on to learn more about this step-by-step guide and for lessons learned from our co-presenters!
Read MoreDollars and Democracy: The Laura Flanders Show Episode
Last month, PBP was invited to The Laura Flanders Show to talk about how participatory budgeting is building community power, making public spending more equitable and effective, and transforming democracy.
Read MorePB² 2021-2022: The Results Are In!
Our most recent PB² cycle is a wrap! Nearly 200 members of the PBP community made their voices heard by submitting ideas, joining in as a budget delegate, and voting in our internal PB process. Read on for details of the winning projects as well as an update from last year’s PB² initiatives, already underway!
Read MoreCommunity-Led Recovery: How Youth Lead the Way
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the American Rescue Plan (ARPA), a historic opportunity to build back our communities and economy, with the potential to address the deeply embedded inequities in access and voice in our democracy. Over the last several months, the Democracy Beyond Elections coalition has provided funding and programmatic support…
Read MoreTake a sneak peak into PBP Co-ED Shari Davis feature in the New York Times’ Visionaries series
Aubrey Trinnaman for The New York Times Take a sneak peak into PBP Co-ED Shari Davis feature in the New York Times’ Visionaries series: “Q: What’s the problem participatory budgeting solves? Shari: How are budgets typically made? A guy or a group of guys makes some guesses based on last year’s budget, and that’s it…
Read MoreStaff Spotlight Series, Part 2
This Spotlight Series is an opportunity to celebrate each member of our team, our undeniable interconnectedness, and our collective goal to reimagine democracy.
Read MoreWe are our best visions: how we can use participatory structures to build new worlds
To join us, you can start by learning more about participatory democracy, advocating for it on big and small scales, and introducing it to your organization.
Read MorePBP Podcast Playlist!
The PBP team has been working hard to expand awareness of participatory practices as a way for communities to have real decision-making power over budgeting, divest-invest, and recovery efforts. Here are a few highlights from this past year! Listen to the full playlist! Seattle Cut its Police Budget. Now the Public Will Decide How To…
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