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Zine – What is Participatory Democracy?

An illustrated beginners guide created to demystify participatory democracy, open up space for conversation, and ground ourselves in the rich history of people power!

Zine – ¿Qué es la Democracia Participativa?

¡Una guía ilustrada para principiantes creada para desmitificar la democracia participativa, abrir un espacio para la conversación y arraigarnos en la rica historia del poder popular!

Participatory Policy-Making Learning Exchange

This graphic presents a vision for participatory policy-making rooted in equity, accessibility, and significance. It's the result of a learning exchange event the Democracy Beyond Elections coalition convened.

Participatory Policy-Making

This one-pager gives an overview of what participatory policy-making (PPM) is, why it is a useful tool, the working group that developed the PPM model, and an overview of the steps in the process.

Read more about the process and the PPM “Safe Schools” pilot in Brooklyn here.

Next Generation Democracy

This report highlights PB's impact, features the voices of civic leaders, elected officials, and PB participants, and explores why 3,000+ cities have implemented it.

Democracy Beyond Elections

This one-pager gives an overview of what Democracy Beyond Elections (DBE) is providing goals and solutions to deepen participatory democracy.

Community-led Recovery: How to Use Participatory Budgeting for ARPA Funding

This booklet provides information on how your community can and must have a say in American Rescue Plan Fund Allocation.