Participatory Democracy

Participatory Budgeting Lets Citizens Experiment With Economic Democracy

Michelle Chen | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Civic Participation, Participatory Democracy, Brazil, Urban Planning, Budget, State and Local Government, Community, Community Organizing, Local Government, New York, New York City, Fiscal Policy, Porto Alegre, Politics News
Michelle Chen

Who'd have thought that voting to add trash cans on the street or renovate public housing could be a democratic milestone?

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A Green Tree in Your Heart

Robert Koehler | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Restorative Justice, Community, Art, Participatory Democracy, Loss, Chicago Impact, Chicago News
Robert Koehler

It's a world of risky reaching out, groping for connection. What I got was music, art, story. What I got was politics, courage and craftsmanship, sometimes wrapped around anger, more often wrapped around love.

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Gov 2.0 LA 2012 Speakers

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Government, Politics, Social Media, Twitter, Participatory Democracy, Storify, gov20la, Alan W. Silberberg, Media, Technology, Livestream, Gov 2.0, Technology News
Alan W. Silberberg

www.gov20la.com The speaker list for Gov 2.0 L.A. 2012 is out: @nigelcameron Nigel Cameron thinking | speaking | tweeting | blogging || future |...

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The Case of the Missing White House Petitions

J.H. Snider | Posted 12.31.2011

Read More: E-Petitions, Online Petitions, Open Government Directive, Petition, Student Debt, Federated Identity Management, Student Loans, Student Loan Debt, Open Government, Participatory Democracy, Social Media Politics, Deliberative Democracy, Technology News
J.H. Snider

Given that We The People does in fact enhance the values of democratic deliberation and accountability, it may be unfair to emphasize the ways it fails to reach its potential.

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Mic Check: Can You Hear Us, America?

Randall Amster | Posted 12.29.2011

Read More: Participatory Democracy, Conscience, Interdependence, Occupy Wall Street, Justice, Autonomy, Occupy Protests, Occupy Movement, Politics News
Randall Amster

We find these views to be mutually relevant... that all people, by virtue of their basic humanity, deserve the opportunity to live, work, and associate according to the dictates of their own consciences and capacities

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Listening to Occupy Wall Street

John Fullerton | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Participatory Democracy, Wall Street, Finance, We Are the 99 Percent, Occupy Wall Street, We Are the 99%, Democracy, Bankers, #Occupywallstreet, Business News
John Fullerton

I'm a former banker, a one percenter, and I'm mad as hell too. Beyond my anger is a real concern for democracy, for America, for the people of the world, for the planet upon which we all depend, and for my children's future.

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And the Children Shall Lead -- New Jersey Students Fight Back

Alan Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Education, Student Activism, Participatory Democracy, New Jersey, Budget Cuts, Protest, Chris Christie, New York News
Alan Singer

New Jersey high school students are at the forefront of the battle against budget cuts and to save education in the United States.

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Truth to Power

Peter Samuelson | Posted 07.07.2011

Read More: Citizenship Videography, Self-Expression, Millennial Generation, Participatory Democracy, Vlog, Media News
Peter Samuelson

This video blogosphere is a rising tsunami that is changing America, changing the world, and making both a whole lot better.

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Step Up to Mike's Challenge

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Roger and Me, Barbara Boxer, Fair Elections Now Act, Houses, Lobbyists, Vermont, Connecticut, Jobs, Fahrenheit 9/11, Dianne Feinstein, Contributors, Arizona, California, Capitalism: A Love Story, New Mexico, New Jersey, Clean Money, Maine, Senator Barbara Boxer, iPhone App, Foreclosure, Congressman Henry Waxman, North Carolina, California Fair Elections, Participatory Democracy, S. 752, H.R. 1826, Campaign Finance, Congress, Democracy, Henry Waxman, Democrats, Sicko, Insurers, Corporations, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Corporate Greed, Medical Treatment, Iphone, Banks, Michael Moore, Republicans, Senate, Campaign Finance Reform, Healthcare, Fena, Hardball, Anderson Cooper, Msnbc, Chris Matthews, Cnn, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

Despite all we've learned from Sicko, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Roger and Me, we continue to take abuse. Our pal Mike is now asking us to act.

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President Obama, my Response to Your Fourth of July Letter

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Challenge, Thomas Jefferson, Single Payer Healthcare, Fourth of July, Government, Participatory Democracy, Military, President Barack Obama, Corporate Greed, Democracy, Healthcare, Citizens, Politics News
Linda Milazzo

I request that the President provide those who participate in our democracy every protection granted by our Constitution to challenge those policies with which we disagree.

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E-Democracy Also Threatens Conservative Rule in Washington D.C.

Bob Fertik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Netroots, Iraq War Funding, Iran Election, Internet Policy, Participatory Democracy, Iran Riot, Obama Internet, Iran, Single Payer Healthcare, World News
Bob Fertik

The Iranian rebellion is visible to the world through digital photos and videos uploaded and forwarded through Facebook, Twitter, and other global networks.

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Follow the Artists to Our New Democracy

Tanene Allison | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lgbt, Langston Hughes, Art, Participatory Democracy, Elizabeth Alexander Inaugural Poem, Elizabeth Alexander, American Democracy, June Jordan, Democracy, Artists, Obama, Patti Smith, Justin Bond, Barack Obama, Politics News
Tanene Allison

It was a poet who gave our nation, and new President, the words that led to our visioning of how this time of potential and possibility could become real.

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Bloggers: Get Thee to Congressional Staffs!

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama?S Chances, Sunlight Foundation, Youth Vote, Participatory Democracy, Civic Participation, Conservatives, The White House Project, President Obama, Influence Peddling, On the Ground 2008, Bloggers Obama, Congress, Community Organizing, Obama Transition, Progressive Politics, Politics News
Lorelei Kelly

You twenty-somethings who are reading this, if you can't take your day job after being part of such a political earthquake like last week's election, go find your local Member of Congress and apply for a job.

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Getting Deep into the Convention

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dnc, Networked Democracy, Participatory Democracy, Barack Obama, Democratic Convention, Media News
Craig Newmark

This convention is a big step in the transition from big money politics to networked grassroots politics.

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Denver Vlogging For Democracy

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Barack Obama, Democratic Convention, Obama Grassroots, Participatory Democracy, Convention, Obama Internet, Obama Democracy, Craig Newmark, Obama Participatory Democracy, Dncc, Home News
Craig Newmark

The big reason I'm here is to stand up for participatory democracy. This election marks the serious beginning of a shift from big-money governance to networked governance.

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The Permanent Town Hall: Why a President Needs to Know the Internet

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Participatory Democracy, Barack Obama, Networked Activism, Politics News
Craig Newmark

The Internet technology isn't required to stay in touch, it's just the only way if your community numbers in the hundreds of millions.

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Winning -- and Running -- the Presidency as a Participatory Democracy

Craig Newmark | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Jarvis, Participatory Democracy, Civic Participation, Barack Obama, Politics News
Craig Newmark

As more of us get Net access, we're getting the tools for the kind of representative democracy the Founders envisioned. Whoever wins the presidency will be faced with an electorate that is genuinely empowered.

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