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Learning Democracy by Doing – Participatory Budgeting in Schools
With the amount of time students spend in school, nearly 1000 hours per year, it’s surprising how little say they have in their schools’ priorities. What if a school gave its students more choice in their education? What if it gave young people the ability to make collective decisions, while promoting youth leadership and teamwork?…
Read MoreYour PB Priorities for 2014
The polls have closed and the votes are tallied…we are thrilled to announce the results of PBP’s second annual PB2 process! To practice what we preach, last fall we invited PB organizers far and wide to help us brainstorm and prioritize project ideas for moving PB forward in North America. Then we asked everyone who…
Read MorePledge to Give on Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday is an annual event to refocus the holiday season after Black Friday. It provides the chance to reconsider the meaning of giving while connecting us with others who are supporting good work. PBP is excited to announce that for Giving Tuesday, 2013, our Board and major donors have pledged to match all gifts up to…
Read MoreShape the Future of Participatory Budgeting: Our Own PB Process
Each year we ask PB supporters to vote for how donations to The Participatory Budgeting Project are spent, through our organizational PB process – PB2. Do you have ideas for new projects that can help the PB movement grow? If so, join us at an online assembly to brainstorm ideas for how to spend money…
Read MorePB2 Vote Results: Your PB Priorities for 2013
We’re thrilled to announce the results of PB2 – our first organizational PB process! To practice what we preach, we asked everyone who donated to PBP last year to vote on how the donations are spent, to identify the priorities for PB in 2013. Here’s the final vote tally: Project: 1) Hire a Part-Time Development…
Read MoreRequest for Proposals for Short Video
We’re excited to announce a new video project, funded through donations and prioritized by PB supporters in PB2! The Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) seeks proposals to produce a 3-5 minute introductory video on participatory budgeting. Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process first developed in Brazil and now practiced in over 1,500 cities around the…
Read MoreJoin a Movement to Reinvent Democracy
Happy Holidays! As the year comes to a close, I hope you’ll consider making a tax-deductible donation to The Participatory Budgeting Project. With your support, we’ve opened the door for real grassroots democracy in over a dozen cities this year (see our year-in-review email). If you contribute now, you’ll help us double the amount of…
Read MoreTuesday & Wednesday Only: Free Books, T-Shirts, Lunches, Accordion Lessons & More
If you make a donation to The Participatory Budgeting Project this Tuesday or Wednesday, we have some fantastic gifts to share with you. Several of our supporters have stepped up with in-kind contributions, and we hope you’ll join them in pushing PB to the next level. Each gift is only available for a short time…
Read More5 Reasons Why You Should Vote for More Fundraising
Over the past few weeks, PBP staff have presented each of the projects on the PB2 ballot, to explain why they deserve your vote. Everyone who donates for the rest of 2012 will get to vote for how the donations are spent – see the six projects on the ballot on the PB2 page. Last up…
Read MoreVote for Inclusion!
By Maria Hadden, PBP Project Coordinator working on PB Chicago: Although PB has been practiced around the world for over two decades, experiences in North America are still relatively scarce and those in the U.S. are still very new. I don’t know about you, but one of the best ways I’ve found of improving upon…
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