Call for Proposals: Participatory Budgeting Conference (Sept 2014)
Join us on September 25-27, 2014 for Real Money, Real Power: The 3rd International Conference on Participatory Budgeting in North America! We are now accepting proposals for workshops, presentations, panels, and other sessions — please see the official Call for Proposals & the conference website for more information. The deadline for submissions is April 21, 2014. Early registration […]
Feb-Mar 2014 Newsletter: California Campaign, NYC Celebration, Internships
California Campaign Takes Off Last October, PBP began a year-long partnership with The California Endowment to support PB organizing efforts in their 14 Building Healthy Communities program sites around the state. Since then, we’ve met with community groups from Long Beach, Richmond, San Diego, Oakland, Sacramento, and Los Angeles to talk about bringing PB to […]
Save the Date! Celebrate PBP in NYC!
May 8th, Save the Date to Celebrate PBP! Please join us for the Participatory Budgeting Project’s first annual benefit! Celebrating 5 years of participatory budgeting in the US 25 years of participatory budgeting worldwide Honoring our partners who have helped bring participatory budgeting to NYC: City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito City Council Member Brad […]
California Campaign Update
Last October 2013, PBP began a year-long partnership with one of California’s foremost foundations to promote participatory budgeting (PB) across the state. Through our work with The California Endowment (TCE), PBP is supporting local advocacy for PB in the foundation’s Building Healthy Communities (BHC) program sites around the state. BHC is a 10-year initiative focused […]
January 2014 Newsletter: Your PB Priorities, Youth Power in Boston, PB Conference 2014
Your Priorities for 2014: PB2 Vote Results PBP’s second annual PB2 process has come to a close, and the winning projects have been chosen – by you! To practice what we preach, last fall we invited PB organizers to help brainstorm project ideas for moving PB forward in North America. Then we asked everyone who […]
Your 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 […]
3rd International PB Conference: September 25-28, 2014
Save the Date! PBP is happy to announce that our 3rd International Conference on Participatory Budgeting will take place September 25-28, 2014 in the San Francisco Bay Area, California. Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll be posting information about flights, hotels, registration and conference venues. In the meantime, please mark your calendars and stay […]
Rose & Mariah
Brotherhood-SisterSol (Bro/Sis) is an organization passionate about youth empowerment through community engagement and education. At Bro/Sis young people become independent leaders by addressing local socio-economic issues in their community of West Harlem, where only 42% of youth graduate from high school. They work with young leaders through their afterschool program, rights of passage program, environmental […]
Empowering Youth through Participatory Budgeting (Jan. 10th Conference Call)
Join PBP this Friday, January 10th for a conference call discussion about engaging and empowering young people in participatory budgeting. See below for more info! Date: Friday, January 10, 2013 Time: 1:00 p.m EST / 10:00 a.m. PST Over the last year, The Participatory Budgeting Project and other PB organizers have developed diverse new experiences […]
Best of 2013 & Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays from your friends at The Participatory Budgeting Project! We hope you have a restful break, and we wish you a deeply democratic new year! As we say goodbye to 2013 and ask for your support for 2014, we want to share some of our highlights from the past year – including YOUR picks […]
