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We 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…
Read MoreKicking off our Staff Spotlight Series!
Last year, the team at the Participatory Budgeting Project dove deep and took time to examine how we live into the values that guide our work, internally and externally. We tapped into our experiences and practice of participatory budgeting and led with the strongly held belief that we can do more, get further, and build…
Read MorePB for Orgs: The Story
Now, for the first time ever, nonprofit organizations have the chance to learn the ins and outs of running a PB process through our PB for Orgs Cohort!🎊
Read MoreNPR interview with Shari Davis: What If You Could Decide How The Government Spends Public Funds?
Participatory Budgeting Project’s (PBP) Co-Executive Director, Shari Davis, recently joined NPR’s Manoush Zomorodi on an episode of the Ted Radio Hour, as part of a series on the Public Commons examining how we can make public spaces safe and welcoming for everyone. Public places don’t always fully meet the needs of a community. Shari Davis…
Read MoreAnnouncing the PB^2 winners!
We are delighted to announce the results of our 2020-2021 PB², PBP’s internal participatory budgeting process. PB² is a practice that helps us live our values as an organization, by inviting our community to become decision makers in the work PBP does. Here’s a refresher on our PB² process, which follows the same steps as the other…
Read MorePBP Announces Our Co-Executive Directors
The Participatory Budgeting Project is excited to announce our Co-Executive Directors: Kristania De Leon, Kristina Banks, and Shari Davis!
Read MoreStatement of Solidarity with AAPI Communities
We honor and stand in solidarity with the Asian and Pacific Islander communities grieving the tragic killings of Delaina Ashley Yaun, Paul Andre Michels, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng, Julie Park, Park Heyon Jeong, and two others whose names we do not yet know. On Tuesday, March 16, Robert Long brutally targeted and killed eight people…
Read MoreVisions for Justice: Conversation 6 — Building & Sustaining Community Power to Divest/Invest
This is the final installation of our Visions for Justice discussion series. Throughout the series, we have examined key issues for justice as it relates to participatory practices by learning from organizers on the ground who are reimagining public safety, centering community-led decision-making, and divesting from systems that harm us to invest in thriving communities.…
Read MoreVisions for Justice: Conversation 5 — Convening Practitioners Working on PB for Justice
This is the fifth conversation in our Visions for Justice discussion series. Every other week, we will be examining key issues for justice as it relates to participatory practices by learning from organizers on the ground who are reimagining public safety, centering community-led decision-making, and divesting from systems that harm us to invest in thriving…
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