Meet Carrie Broadus, black elder and community leader in LA’s 2022-2023 participatory budgeting process, LA REPAIR. As a lifelong advocate, she is using PB to fight institutional racism and health inequity in her community.

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The Seattle PB process is gearing up with info sessions, new Seattle staff, and many ways to participate. It is a monumental result of all the hard work, time, and resilience of Black community organizers across the city.

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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!

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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…

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