Community involvement USA
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| Location | United States |
| Coordinates | 39° 47' 1.43" N, 100° 26' 45.18" W |
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
US
Cosmolocal
Mayor Mamdani Establishes Office of Mass Engagement to Transform How New Yorkers Participate in City Government, nyc.gov (Jan 02, 2026) - 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)
- Introducing Katcha: An African Democratic Innovation Network, demnext.substack.com (Feb 19, 2026)
- One of Africa’s Most Important Water Sources Just Got Some Very Good News, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 05, 2026) — Angola’s vast highland wetlands feed rivers that deliver freshwater to millions. They just gained global recognition that could help keep it that way.
- Uganda’s first peace journalism awards redefine the media landscape, globalvoices.org (Feb 03, 2026)
International events
May 2 - 4, 2025 (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
- Symbiosis "assembling a movement for real democracy in every community"
Video
Resources
- 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
- 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. OpenPlans Blog
- Challenge.gov, a place where the public and government can solve problems together
- Neighborland
- We the People, petitions site on WhiteHouse.gov
- Open Government Initiative, WhiteHouse.gov
- AskThem, free and open-source platform for questions-and-answers with public figures.
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| Cite as | Phil Green (2015–2026). "Community involvement USA". Appropedia. Retrieved February 26, 2026. |