Participatory Budgeting Project

LAST DAY TO APPLY! 📢 The Participatory Budgeting Project is looking to hire a program evaluation consultant. The consultant will design and implement an evaluation of our PB Seeds cohort program kicking off later this summer in hashtag #NewJersey. The deadline for applications is TODAY. #participatorybudgeting #democracy #consultant #evaluation Get more info and submit your materials: https://lnkd.in/gg_96WSG

“Instead of asking them to participate in the budgeting process, I asked them if they wanted a say in how their school was spending its funds.” PB champion and Family and Community Engagement Manager Cyndi Tercero-Sandoval is using #ParticipatoryBudgeting to give students the power to decide what the Phoenix Union High School District spends a portion of its $$$ on towards school safety. Read about it: https://lnkd.in/gfvQbqcz

Opportunity alert! Less than one week left to apply. 📢 The Participatory Budgeting Project is looking to hire a program evaluation consultant. The consultant will design and implement an evaluation of our PB Seeds cohort program kicking off later this summer in #NewJersey. The deadline for applications is May 6th. #participatorybudgeting #democracy #consultant #evaluation Application deadline is 5/6. Get more info and apply: https://lnkd.in/gg_96WSG

Are you ready to re-imagine the future with us? #democracy #justice #peoplepower #ParticipatoryBudgeting #futures Join our co-ED Shari Davis and Jessica Clark of Dot Connector Studio for their session at the 2024 #WeGiveSummit: "Reimagine The Future: The Story of a Day Rooted in Collective Governance" Thursday, May 9th at at Noon ET / 9AM PT During the workshop, participants will dream big for our collective future and create visionary artifacts to share. The #WeGiveSummit is happening all day May 7-9 and is powered by Philanthropy Together. It features sessions with Deepa Iyer, Dan Pallotta, and Baratunde Thurston. Register now for free at WeGiveSummit.org

Application deadline is this Friday! We are seeking a part-time Participation Lab Research Fellow. ⭐ The Research Fellow reports to our Director of Learning & Design, works closely with our Programs team, and is responsible for supporting ongoing research initiatives of the Participation Lab. Support our research and be supported to conduct your own on #participatorydemocracy. We are seeking a current undergrad/grad student in a related field with research, data, and computer skills. #participatorybudgeting #equity #socialjustice #hiring #fellowship Compensation & Benefits: This is a part-time, fixed-term position. We anticipate about 10-15 hours per week at $28.85/hr, as the candidate's schedule allows. The position is remote from anywhere in the US with an anticipated start in June. We have funding for this role budgeted through the end of 2024, and hope to continue funding the position through June 2025. Advance #democracy and #peoplepower with us! Learn more and apply by April 26th: bit.ly/PBP-RFellow24

Opportunity alert! 📢 The Participatory Budgeting Project is looking to hire a program evaluation consultant. The consultant will design and implement an evaluation of our PB Seeds cohort program kicking off later this summer in New Jersey. The deadline for applications is May 6th. We will host an info session for interested applicants on April 18th. #participatorybudgeting #evaluation More information, including how to apply, is here: https://lnkd.in/gg_96WSG

"True repair for Black people requires: (1) resources, and by resources, I mean land and money; (2) equitable policies and programs in areas such as wealth-building, education, housing, environment, health, employment, the criminal legal system, and democracy; and (3) an end to anti-Blackness in future governmental policies and practices." In this Nonprofit Quarterly + The Movement for Black Lives piece, Temi F. Bennett, Esq. of iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility talks about #reparativephilanthropy, the shifting landscape, and the foundation's local reparations work in Washington DC. #ParticipatoryDemocracy plays a key role in ending anti-Blackness in governmental policies and practices by challenging us to build a system of governance that is rooted in radically reimagining how we relate to the policies and practices that shape our lives. This requires a reckoning with the deep roots of #structuralracism and how white supremacy shapes our current models of top down decision-making. ⭐Find out more about the foundation's groundbreaking work in acknowledging, addressing, and daring to repaid legacies of harm at https://www.iffdn.org/ Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/gEHVDQWB

We are seeking a part-time Participation Lab Research Fellow! ⭐ The Research Fellow reports to our Director of Learning & Design, works closely with our Programs team, and is responsible for supporting ongoing research initiatives of the Participation Lab. Support our research and be supported to conduct your own on #participatorydemocracy. We are seeking a current undergrad/grad student in a related field with research, data, and computer skills. #participatorybudgeting #equity #socialjustice Compensation & Benefits: This is a part-time, fixed-term position. We anticipate about 10-15 hours per week at $28.85/hr, as the candidate's schedule allows. The position is remote from anywhere in the US with an anticipated start in June. We have funding for this role budgeted through the end of 2024, and hope to continue funding the position through June 2025. Advance #democracy and #peoplepower with us! Learn more and apply by April 26th: bit.ly/PBP-RFellow24

"In truth, both multi-generational wealth and poverty depend on a byzantine system of laws and policies that favor the status quo—and uphold centuries of racial discrimination." In this piece, Shanelle Matthews, Communications Director for The Movement for Black Lives, exposes the false myth of US meritocracy and lays out how Black people have been both historically excluded from social safety programs and denigrated when they gained access. #SocialSecurity #TANF She explains how we can and must stop these harmful narratives and move towards #economicjustice + a real safety net for Black Americans. This includes workers’ rights, investment in Black finance, and #communitycontrol of resources! #ParticipatoryBudgeting #democracy This article is part of a 🔥 Nonprofit Quarterly + The Movement for Black Lives series about the intersection of racial and economic justice. Make sure you read them all! https://lnkd.in/eYzCUbU8

"Ultimately, centering the needs of tenants and backing tenants’ rights organizations is the way to ensure that progress is driven by and beneficial for a community-based #housingjustice movement—not just for individuals or a professional service class. This work requires constant engagement, organizing, and advocacy that centers the needs of directly impacted people, and celebrates wins—no matter how small they may seem." Housing justice is a key part of a multifaceted movement for #economicjustice and #Blackliberation. In this Nonprofit Quarterly piece, Dr. Amara Enyia, JD, PhD of The Movement for Black Lives details the housing affordability crisis, how #Black people are hit the hardest, and how to organize with tenants to stop #discrimination and #gentrification. Black-led advocates are pushing for interventions like tenants' bill of rights legislation, rental assistance programs, and community land trusts in order to ensure that #housingisahumanright. Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/g8CtdNaF