Let’s pay more than lip service to citizen participation in the city budget...
Participatory Budgeting is a worldwide movement that needs to be adopted here in New Orleans.
View ArticleWe won’t be a truly resilient city without a Community Participation Program
A 2008 City Charter change mandated a formal structure for citizen engagement — and we still don't have one. Why?
View ArticleIt’s not enough to ban fakery at Council hearings; we need a real Community...
A way to generate citizen involvement and grassroots power
View ArticlePublic is disregarded, commissioners are no-shows at all-important Master...
Vital blueprint for city's future gets short shrift. The post Public is disregarded, commissioners are no-shows at all-important Master Plan meeting appeared first on The Lens.
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Breath, voice and the human race
"Nothing saddens or discourages me more in these distressing times than the massive chasm between our experiences as members of this one race — a chasm manifested tragically in the capacity of one...
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Reaching out to the other side
Identify one person who disagrees substantially with your politics and your worldview and have a respectful, calm, and, ultimately, forward-looking conversation. The post Reaching out to the other...
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