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PB Community Spotlight: Carrie Broadus (LA)
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.
Read MoreSeattle PB Updates from Fundisha Tibebe
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.
Read MorePB Love Story: Molly and Jonathan
A shared passion for deep democracy and building community in Cleveland brought Molly and Jonathan together. This is a PB love story!
Read MoreYOUthDecide: 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…
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