Participatory Policy-making
This toolkit provides an overview of participatory democracy practices focused on policy-making, shares the results of a participatory policy-making (PPM) process focused on safety in four co-located Brooklyn schools, and offers guidance for organizers, activists, and advocates to work with elected representatives to bring PPM to their communities.
We believe that participatory democracy practices are essential pathways to co-governance: the sharing of power by a governing entity with community members or community organizations.
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DBE Fall 2024 Learning Session: Youth Lead the way in Participatory Democracy
Youth across our communities are consistently under-represented in decision-making processes that affect them. This is why we are curating this opportunity for youth to share and continue to advocate for participatory democracy practices such as Participatory Budgeting, People’s Movement Assemblies, Civic Assemblies and Youth Voting. Learn from youth from across the nation as they share their experience with their work in participatory democracy practices.
People’s Budget Cleveland
In 2023, People’s Budget Cleveland
launched a historic ballot initiative to
direct the City of Cleveland to put aside
funds equivalent to 2% of the City of
Cleveland’s General Fund each year
towards participatory budgeting.
Questions for Candidates
The Democracy Beyond Elections Coalition created this document to be used as a resource for organizations who are engaging, educating and connecting candidates to the practice of community-led decision making.
A Community-led Recovery: ARPA Funds in Central Falls, RI
A group started VOCES CON PODER in Central Falls, RI, to use participatory democracy practices to allocate ARPA funds in their community.
A Community-led Recovery: ARPA Funds in Oregon
Youth Voice Youth Vote PB (YV2 PB) was launched in Oregon in 2022 to use participatory democracy practices to allocate ARPA funds.
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.
Tools for Virtual Engagement
This brief offers considerations for making virtual decision-making processes accessible and equitable throughout and beyond the COVID-19 era. It also highlights several platforms and tools used to facilitate digital engagement and participation.
A Community-led Recovery: How to Use Participatory Budgeting for American Rescue Plan Funding
This booklet provides information on how your community can and must have a say in American Rescue Plan Fund Allocation.
Democracy Beyond Elections
This one-pager gives an overview of what Democracy Beyond Elections (DBE) is providing goals and solutions to deepen participatory democracy.
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.
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