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People's Governance in California (redirected from People)

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People’s Governance offers some direct and indirect resources for direct democratic participation.  One of the issues with Direct Democracy, which means having community members having direct impact on policy issues, is logistically coordinating a large number of people and obtaining the votes. There are tools and resources to address this challenge.

 

This is not an effort that can be fully implemented by any individual alone. Individuals would have to gather as groups, groups would have to coalesce into a community-based organization and that community based organization would need to become integrated into the larger community by which they all could be members by means of direct democracy, raising again other challenges.  Each level though can still be a catalyst to forming the next level of organization if the need is truly there.  What would also be needed is an environment conducive to dialogue and deliberation that would allow for  Community Governance.  There would also have to be a proceeding group or organization to carry this out and pave the way.

 

 

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    • CALmatters is a nonpartisan, nonprofit journalism venture committed to explaining how California’s state Capitol works and why it matters.

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    • CIRCLE (The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement) conducts research on civic education in schools, colleges, and community settings and on young Americans' voting and political participation, service, activism, media use, and other forms of civic engagement. It is based at the Jonathan M. Tisch College of Citizenship and Public Service at Tufts University. 
    • Diigo Tagscivic engagement community participation activism media political

 

 

    • PACE's mission is to inspire interest, understanding, and investment in civic engagement.PACE'S goals are... to build a community within philanthropy committed to vigorous debate and action around encouraging participation and engagement in community, civic, and political life;to inspire and incubate strategic collaborations with policy makers, nonprofits, business, and the media to support active citizenship; andto increase the quantity and the quality of philanthropic investment in civic engagement strategies.
    • Diigo Tagsphilanthropycommunity engagementcommunity empowermentcommunity participation

 

 

    • Since our founding as a multi-partisan and non-profit organization in 2005, The Davenport Institute (formerly Common Sense California) has worked to engage the citizens of this state in the policy decisions that affect our everyday lives. It is our firm belief that, in today's world of easy access to information, and easy connectivity to others, California's municipal and education leaders are seeking ways to involve the residents of their communities in the important issues they confront. Done legitimately, this new kind of leadership produces better, more creative policy solutions and better, more engaged citizens committed to the hard work of self-governance.
    • Diigo Tags: public policycommunity engagementcommunity empowerment

 

 

 

    • This article is about power structures in society and how they interact. Specifically it is a guide to seeing who has power when important decisions are being made. It is quite old, but never-the-less of great value to anyone interested in issues of citizen participation. The concepts discussed in this article about 1960's America apply to any hierarchical society but are still mostly unknown, unacknowledged or ignored by many people around the world. Most distressing is that even people who have the job of representing citizens views seem largely unaware, or even dismissive of these principles. Many planners, architects, politicians, bosses, project leaders and power-holder still dress all variety of manipulations up as 'participation in the process', 'citizen consultation' and other shades of technobable.

    • Diigo tags: participation democracy facilitation activism community politics

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

  • What's Next California? Deliberative Poll | NextCA.org  

     

    • What's Next California is an unprecedented attempt to bring the people into the process in a new way—one that is representative and thoughtful. A scientific random sample of the entire state will be transported to a single place for a weekend of face-to-face discussions, in small groups and in dialogue with competing experts. In California's first statewide “Deliberative Poll,” the people will be supported by factual information and will consider the critical arguments on both sides of issues, then will articulate their priorities for fixing the state.

    • Diigo tags: NextCA.org California poll deliberative democracy

 

 

 

    • Heartland Democracy engages directly with Midwestern youth, independent thinkers, centrists, and folks who are uninvolved in their community and politics.  Using shared values and critical issues as the bases and sparks for discussion, Heartland Democracy targets specific participants, institutions, demographic segments, and geographic areas for exchanges in which we weave together a coherent set of values, stories, history, facts, and ideas to reach the emotional factors so decisive in the shaping of mindsets. 

    • Diigo Tagsdemocracycommunity empowermentcommunity participationgovernance

 

 

 

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