You made it happen: here are your PB2 project winners
Nearly 150 PBP supporters voted to fund two AMAZING PB2 projects with $18,000 of their donations to enable more people to make more informed decisions about public money! A BIG thank you to everyone who submitted ideas, helped us turn those ideas into 9 great projects, and voted. The two winning PB2 projects are… […]
Youth Power, Freezer Vans, and the White House
Get these updates in your inbox: Sign up for our newsletter Dear Friends, School’s out for the summer. Grills are firing up. People are finding ways to stay cool. But democracy doesn’t take the summer off. Midway through 2016, join us for a look at what we’ve done, where we’re going, and how we can […]
Win prizes by submitting ideas to make PB better
Idea collection starts now. PB Squared (PB2) is your chance to participate in PBP’s budgeting process! We need you to propose projects that will be funded by donations from individuals like you. In the past you have chosen to fund award winning videos, scholarships for young people to join our international PB conference, and upgrades to […]
The results are in! PB^2
We’re excited to announce the winning projects in PB2 – our PB process for projects to make PB better! 150 people donated and voted on the 9 proposals on the ballot. Thank you to everyone who voted, everyone who submitted ideas, and contributed to the pot of money that funds these projects! Based on our current […]
It’s time to vote! PB squared
It’s your turn to to decide how the Participatory Budgeting Project will spend over $14,000, to help participatory budgeting grow. Every year, we invite everyone who donates to our organization to decide how part of the donations are spent – it’s our own participatory budgeting process, called PB2. When you donate now, we’ll add your donation to […]
Win $50, books and more by helping us make PB better!
We need your feedback about what resources are most important for making participatory budgeting (PB) grow in your community! Fill out this quick survey and you could win: PBP t-shirts PBP stickers Books! Including Josh Lerner’s “Everyone Counts: Could Participatory Budgeting Change Democracy” and “Making Democracy Fun” A $50 Visa gift card We will […]
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? […]
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 […]
Pledge 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 […]
Shape 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 […]
