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RELATED STORY: New Report Surveys Growth of Participatory Budgeting Public Agenda, a nonpartisan organization that fosters progress on divisive issues through research and public engagement, is working to evaluate and maximize the impact of participatory budgeting across North America. Public Agenda will develop national standards and shared tools for evaluating participatory…
RELATED STORY: Partners for Democracy Democracy Works is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization using technology to help voting information “fit the way we live” in the 21st century. Democracy Works technologists partnered with the Pew Charitable Trusts, Google, and state and local election officials to develop the Voting…
Hearken is part of a multi-outlet pilot to test new models for engaging the community in journalism, supported in collaboration with the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the Wyncote Foundation.
This Knight News Challenge awarded 22 grants for innovative projects to encourage civic participation before, during and after elections. The challenge is a collaboration between the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Democracy Fund, the Hewlett Foundation and the Rita Allen Foundation. The winners, selected from more…
To provide citizens with better access to the workings of city councils, the Participatory Politics Foundation has developed an online tool called Councilmatic. This open-source application allows community groups and individual citizens to follow the actions of their city council and local agencies by searching a…
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Digital Democracy is a new online platform using technology to increase the transparency and accountability of state legislatures. Housed at the Institute for Advanced Technology and Public Policy at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Digital Democracy has created a searchable video database of recorded California legislative…
One longstanding challenge in science communication is distilling complex research into straightforward messages that are meaningful for different audiences. COMPASS is a nonprofit organization that has been coaching scientists on communication and policy engagement since 1999. A grant from the Rita Allen Foundation will enable COMPASS to expand the…