How to Scale Up PBNYC: New Memo
Since 2011, we’ve worked with New York City Council Members, communities, and partner organizations to build a Participatory Budgeting process that now spans 9 of the City’s 51 council districts. This January the City will undergo a major transition as new officials take office across city government, and this change presents big opportunities to strengthen […]
White House Announces Plans to Promote Participatory Budgeting
We’re thrilled to announce that The White House is joining us in promoting participatory budgeting! As part of its new Open Government National Action Plan, The White House has committed to work with key partners to increase awareness about PB and to support communities that are interested in launching PB processes. We’ve had great discussions […]
New York Election Results: Participatory Budgeting Wins Big
Last Tuesday’s primary elections in New York City look to have paved the way for a major expansion of participatory budgeting. In the City Council primaries, voters chose 21 Council Member candidates who have pledged to use participatory budgeting to allocate discretionary funds in their district through the PBNYC process, which would enable residents to […]
White House Highlights Participatory Budgeting as Model for Civic Engagement
The White House today recognized participatory budgeting as a leading innovation in civic engagement, honoring Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP) Board Member Joe Moore and Advisory Board Member Brad Lander as “Champions of Change”. They were recognized for “piloting innovative programs to involve traditionally disengaged communities in local governance”. Starting in 2009, we worked with Alderman […]
Participatory Budgeting Video Wins MacArthur Foundation Prize
The new Participatory Budgeting video from Meerkat Media Collective just won 3rd place (out of 428 submissions) in the Looking@Democracy challenge! The contest, coordinated by the Illinois Humanities Council and the MacArthur Foundation, solicited digital media pieces designed to spark a dialogue around the question of how to strengthen American democracy. The PB video, “Reinventing Democracy through Participatory […]
PB Wrap-Up: 20,000 people, $16.7 million, 91 projects
This spring, the 2012-2013 cycle of participatory budgeting in the US came to a close with the conclusion of public voting in Chicago, San Francisco, New York, and Vallejo (CA). Overall, 20,000 people voted to allocate over $16.7 million for 91 community projects that were developed by residents. Working with dozens of partners in these […]
Hot New Video for PB Vallejo
Jake Nicol from the Community Media Center of Marin produced this great short video for the Participatory Budgeting Vallejo assemblies going on now! For the list of dates and more info visit: pbvallejo.org PB Vallejo Assemblies – Your City! Your Ideas! Your Vote! from PB Vallejo on Vimeo.
Election Results for PB Supporters
The US election results are still rolling in, but here’s an initial rundown of the results for PB supporters. If you know of more that should be added to the list, let us know. San Juan, Puerto Rico Carmin Yulín Cruz won a tight race to become the next mayor of San Juan. She has […]
Los Angeles PB Event – Jan 12th
The PB Project is speaking at a public event next week in Los Angeles – see the announcement below! — Participatory Budgeting: From Budget Cuts to the People’s Budget An introductory event Thursday, January 12th 7pm @ Haines Hall 279 on UCLA’s Campus Are you interested in real world solutions to the budget crises we […]
Occupy Baltimore calls for participatory budgeting
Organizers with Occupy Baltimore called for participatory budgeting at a public hearing they organized with the Baltimore Development Corporation. Read more.