Communities across the country face polarizing challenges that need broad buy-in to create lasting change.
We advance participatory democracy innovations that move communities forward.
Hear directly from leading US and international practitioners through live cases, seminars and cohort learning experiences.
Learn alongside peer local leaders, foundations, practitioners, and community organizations seeking to create more effective, equitable change.
We are a non-partisan non-profit that supports leaders in cities, counties, regions and states in learning and applying emerging methods in participatory, deliberative and digital democracy to meet the challenges that matter most in their backyards.
Given good conditions for dialogue, time to make sense of an issue and weigh all options, they find paths forward that transform what's politically possible.
Participatory approaches are increasingly called for as an antidote to the challenges facing democracy at all levels
From the governance methods of the original Americans to those of Greek democracy, there is a deep history of dialogue and deliberation resolving complex issues.
Reach out and let's get the conversation started.
