Dollars 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.
PB² 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!
Community-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…
Take 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: 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 – that’s the budget. The money generally…
Staff 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.
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.
PBP 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. Listen to the full playlist! Seattle Cut its Police Budget. Now the Public Will Decide How To Spend The Money. We vastly expanded our advocacy support…
Kicking off our Staff Spotlight Series!
This Spotlight Series is an opportunity to celebrate each member of our team, our undeniable interconnectedness, and our collective goal to reimagine democracy.
PB 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!🎊
NPR 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…
Announcing 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…
PBP 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!