This year, four billion people around the world are participating in elections. But for many people, democracy in its current form simply isn’t working.
What if there were other ways?
People Powered is a global hub for participatory democracy - the direct participation of community members in making the policy decisions that affect their lives.
Proximate is a media platform that aims to amplify and connect movements for new models of participatory problem-solving.
Proximate is an independent media platform covering movements for participatory problem-solving. We look at the news through the lens of money: how it’s given away, how it’s invested, and how it’s distributed by government.
We are a fiscally sponsored project of Movement Strategy Center.
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