Staff Spotlight Series, Part 2

March 24, 2022

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

January 20, 2022

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!

December 16, 2021

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!

December 6, 2021

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

August 27, 2021

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?

August 3, 2021

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!

June 14, 2021

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

May 6, 2021

The Participatory Budgeting Project is excited to announce our Co-Executive Directors: Kristania De Leon, Kristina Banks, and Shari Davis!

Statement of Solidarity with AAPI Communities

March 18, 2021

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…

Visions for Justice: A Conversation Series on Participatory Practice — Building & sustaining Community Power

Visions for Justice: Conversation 6 — Building & Sustaining Community Power to Divest/Invest

November 10, 2020

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.…

Visions for Justice: A conversation series on participatory practice. Convening practitioners.

Visions for Justice: Conversation 5 — Convening Practitioners Working on PB for Justice

October 16, 2020

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…

Visions for Justice: A Conversation Series on Paritcipatory Practice - Demystifying Budgets

Visions for Justice: Conversation 4 — Demystifying Budgets

October 6, 2020

This is the fourth 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…