PBP’s Executive Director, Shari Davis, recently gave a TED Talk on how participatory budgeting (PB) can transform the relationship between governments and the communities that they serve, and act as a roadmap in reimagining what true participatory democracy could look like in America.

In a time where we’re experiencing a global health pandemic and uprisings against police brutality, and witnessing how both of these crises are exacerbating existing inequities, the timing of this talk could not be more imperative as we evaluate our current political and democratic processes to reimagine what a post-pandemic America could look like.

Davis’ talk provides an incisive critique of our current political processes, but also a way forward through a collective radical reimagining of those systems, by placing real power in the hands of the people who are most impacted through processes like participatory budgeting.

Building community control over public budgets has never been more urgent. People across the country are leaning into conversations and demands in ways that will have lasting implications for decades to come. PB offers a clear pathway for communities to real power over the budgets, policies, and decisions that impact their lives. 

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