Resources :: Active Democracy
Peter G. Peterson Foundation | Our America. Our Future
The PGPF’s mission is to increase public awareness of the nature and urgency of key fiscal challenges threatening America's future and to accelerate action on them. The foundation is working to bring Americans together to find and implement sensible, long-term solutions that transcend age, party lines and ideological divides in order to achieve real results.
The Deliberative Democracy Consortium (DDC)
The mission of the Consortium is to bring together practitioners and researchers to support and foster the nascent, broad-based movement to promote and institutionalize deliberative democracy at all levels of governance in the United States and around the world.
Open Government Initiative
The United States General Services Administration (GSA) and the White House Open Government Initiative are soliciting your feedback on a concept for next generation citizen consultation, namely a government-wide software tool and process to elicit expert public participation.
Public Agenda
Public Agenda is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization seeking public policy that reflects the deliberations and values of the citizenry.
FairVote
FairVote campaigns for universal access to participation, a full spectrum of meaningful ballot choices, and majority rule with fair representation for all.
The New Orleans Citizen Participation Project
“The New Orleans Citizen Participation Project is a citizen driven initiative to create a formal system for civic engagement for the city.”
CIVICUS Participatory Governance
The Civicus Participatory Governance Programme enhances the capacity of civil society practitioners in the Global South.”
National Democratic Institute
NDI’s citizen participation programs help citizens worldwide master the techniques needed to initiate action, solve complex problems and become leaders in their own right.
Better Together
Created by Robert D. Putnam, author of Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, BetterTogether provides interactive ways to celebrate and learn from the ways that Americans are connecting, and provides tools and strategies to reconnect with others.
National Academy on an Aging Society
“The primary purpose of the ‘Civic Engagement in an Older America’ project is to develop more effective social institutions, programs, and policies that will increase older adults’ civic participation.”
National Conference on Citizenship
“Founded in 1946,the National Conference on Citizenship focuses on ways to enhance history and civics education, encourage national and community service, and promote greater participation in the political process.”
MobileActive
“MobileActive is a global network of people using mobile technology for social impact. Their vision is to help organizations make use of the most ubiquitous communications technology in the world.”
Digital Democracy
“Digital Democracy works with local partners to put information into the hands of people who need it most – those neglected, disenfranchised or abused by their rulers.”
American Democracy Project
“The American Democracy Project is a multi-campus initiative focused on higher education’s role in preparing the next generation of informed, engaged citizens for our democracy.”
Citizens for Tax Justice
Citizens for Tax Justice, founded in 1979 is a public research and advocacy org fighting for fair taxes for middle and low-income families, requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share, closing corporate tax loopholes, adequately funding important government services, reducing the federal debt, and taxation that minimizes distortion of economic markets.