Community involvement USA


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In the US, for the first time ever, the majority lack faith in the democratic system. That decline has been rapid and recent. Before the financial crisis, more than three-quarters of Americans were satisfied with US democracy; today (Jan 2020) 55% are dissatisfied. [1]

Resources

Books

Networks

  • Symbiosis "assembling a movement for real democracy in every community"

Other resources

  • Strong Towns "supports thousands of people across the United States and Canada who are advocating for a radically new way of thinking about the way we build our world. Strong Towns is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Our work is performed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Please share with others to use for good." added 16:00, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
  • Resource Guide on Public Engagement, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation, October 11, 2010.
  • Dialogue and Deliberation, The Change Handbook date not found, but listed on publication as 2007 [2], added 17:17, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
  • Planning for Stronger Local Democracy: A Field Guide for Local Officials, National League of Cities
  • Debategraph map Interactive map of the White House's Open Government brainstorming proposals

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News and comment

2020

The Local Leader's Tookit: A Strong Towns response to the pandemic (and an America of community power you'll want to hear), Nov 27 [3]

2019

Towards sustainable economies US: Grassroots democracies form North American coalition. [4] Oct 23

How the simple act of sharing a meal is creating community change. [5] Mar 22

How Citizen University is building an army of civic leaders. [6] Mar 18

2017

12 Empowering Ways to Engage in Civic Affairs, Apr 12 [7]

How One Person’s Small, Brave Compost Pile Changed New York City, Apr 8 [8]

Oak Cliff Inspiration, Mar 27 [9] ...Texas

Participatory Budgeting Gaining Momentum in the U.S., Mar 20 [10]

2015

6 Lessons for the U.S. from Spain's Democratic Revolution, June 15 [11]

Good politics outside the Beltway? March 17 [12]

2014

Transition US in partnership with U.S. Department of Arts and Culture* presents: THE PEOPLE’S STATE OF THE UNION, December 11 [13]

Real Money, Real Power: A Report on Participatory Budgeting, May 8 [14]

2009

Fund traditional community development… or empower citizens to step up? July 15 [15]

Transparency and Open Government, May 21 [16]

See also

  • The Participatory Budgeting Project
  • OpenPlans, non-profit technology organization which focused on civic engagement and open government, closing around 2014/15. It used journalism and open source software to turn data into accessible, useful information, engaging the average person in shaping their community. W OpenPlans Blog
  • Challenge.gov, a place where the public and government can solve problems together
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References

  1. ↑ theguardian.com
  2. ↑ amazon.com
  3. ↑ thealternative.org.uk
  4. ↑ Shareable
  5. ↑ Shareable
  6. ↑ Shareable
  7. ↑ Shareable
  8. ↑ yesmagazine.org
  9. ↑ civiccommons.us
  10. ↑ Shareable
  11. ↑ Shareable
  12. ↑ CNN.com
  13. ↑ transitionus.org *not an official government agency
  14. ↑ Shareable
  15. ↑ blog.frontporchforum.com
  16. ↑ whitehouse.gov
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