Community involvement USA
In the US, for the first time ever, the majority lack faith in the democratic system. That decline has been rapid and recent. Before the financial crisis, more than three-quarters of Americans were satisfied with US democracy; today (Jan 2020) 55% are dissatisfied...theguardian.com
Community involvement news
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Cosmolocal
Over 80% of All US Voters Support Ending Dark Money’s Grip on Democracy, commondreams.org (Jun 04, 2026) - Wisconsin town revolts against a Trump-backed data center project, politico.com (Apr 07, 2026)
- Mayor Mamdani Establishes Office of Mass Engagement to Transform How New Yorkers Participate in City Government, nyc.gov (Jan 02, 2026)
- Fifty billion trees by 2030: how Ethiopia is recruiting citizens across the country to plant, plant, plant, theguardian.com (Sep 17, 2026) — After losing much of its forests in recent decades, the country’s people have led the way in planting saplings across the country as part of the government’s Green Legacy Initiative
- What Brazil’s supercentenarians can teach us about living to 120, positive.news (Sep 02, 2026)
- “The platforms that communities rely on treat conflict as a corporate liability, not a chance to strengthen relationships.” On Conflict Systems, Daily Alternative (Aug 31, 2026)
International events
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May 1 - 3, 2026 (Fri - Sun) first weekend of May every year — Jane's Walk, How to Lead a Jane's Walk, Video, janeswalk.org- Oct 10, 2026 (Sat) — World Homeless Day, Oct 10 each year, drawing attention to homeless people’s needs locally and provide opportunities for the community to get involved in responding to homelessness, worldhomelessday.org
- Dec 09, 2026 (Wed) — International Anti-Corruption Day, Dec 9 each year, unodc.org
Networks
[edit | edit source]- Symbiosis "assembling a movement for real democracy in every community"
Video
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Resources
[edit | edit source]- Strong Towns "supports thousands of people across the United States and Canada who are advocating for a radically new way of thinking about the way we build our world. Strong Towns is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Our work is performed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Please share with others to use for good." added 16:00, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
- Resource Guide on Public Engagement, National Coalition for Dialogue & Deliberation, October 11, 2010.
- Dialogue and Deliberation, The Change Handbook date not found, but listed on publication as 2007...amazon.com, added 17:17, 17 February 2020 (UTC)
- Planning for Stronger Local Democracy: A Field Guide for Local Officials, National League of Cities
- Debategraph map Interactive map of the White House's Open Government brainstorming proposals
Books
- Democratic by Design, How Carsharing, Co-ops and Community Land Trusts Are Reinventing America
News archive
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- Boston’s Food Forests Take Root as a Climate Equity Strategy, insideclimatenews.org (Oct 03, 2025) — A decade of organizing has turned trash-strewn lots into edible parks. Now Boston is expanding food forests as part of its climate action plan. Ryan Krugman
- A Toxic Landfill Was on the Brink of Expanding. Residents Fought Back and Won, insideclimatenews.org (Aug 20, 2025)
- Civic Assemblies in Action: Lessons on Civic Engagement from Fort Collins [New America], Daily Alternative (Jun 23, 2025)
- The Plot To Save America, as laid out by Daniel Pinchbeck, Daily Alternative (Apr 09, 2025)
- Cities need to be redesigned for the climate crisis. Can they make us happy, too?, theguardian.com (Mar 28, 2022)
2017-2021
- "When democracy is conducted at a human scale, it helps create what looks like superhuman wisdom." How the state of Vermont does it, Mar 9, 2021...thealternative.org.uk
- The Local Leader's Tookit: A Strong Towns response to the pandemic (and an America of community power you'll want to hear), Nov 27, 2020...thealternative.org.uk
- Towards sustainable economies US: Grassroots democracies form North American coalition...Shareable, Oct 23, 2019.
- How the simple act of sharing a meal is creating community change...Shareable, Mar 22, 2019.
- How Citizen University is building an army of civic leaders...Shareable, Mar 18, 2019.
- 12 Empowering Ways to Engage in Civic Affairs, Apr 12, 2017...Shareable
- How One Person's Small, Brave Compost Pile Changed New York City, Apr 8, 2017...yesmagazine.org
- Oak Cliff Inspiration, Mar 27, 2017... Texas
- Participatory Budgeting Gaining Momentum in the U.S., Mar 20, 2017...Shareable
2009-2015
- 6 Lessons for the U.S. from Spain's Democratic Revolution, June 15, 2015...Shareable
- Good politics outside the Beltway? March 17, 2015...CNN.com
- Transition US in partnership with U.S. Department of Arts and Culture* presents: THE PEOPLE'S STATE OF THE UNION, December 11, 2014...transitionus.org *not an official government agency
- Real Money, Real Power: A Report on Participatory Budgeting, May 8, 2014...Shareable
- Fund traditional community development… or empower citizens to step up? July 15, 2009...blog.frontporchforum.com
- Transparency and Open Government, May 21, 2009...whitehouse.gov
See also: XR and future democracy
local information can be found, or shared, via our many USA location pages
External links
- The Participatory Budgeting Project
- OpenPlans, non-profit technology organization which focused on civic engagement and open government, closing around 2014/15. It used journalism and open source software to turn data into accessible, useful information, engaging the average person in shaping their community. W OpenPlans Blog
- Challenge.gov, a place where the public and government can solve problems together
- Neighborland
- We the People, petitions site on WhiteHouse.gov W
- Open Government Initiative, WhiteHouse.gov
- AskThem, free and open-source platform for questions-and-answers with public figures.
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| Cite as | Philralph (2015–2026). "Community involvement USA". Appropedia. Retrieved September 23, 2026. |