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4/27 Newsletter: Eyes on the Prize

  “Who gets to create, control, and benefit from the means of exchange must be one of the most basic principles of Democracy.” – Gordon Wilsom                            

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4/18 Newsletter: Mayor Releases Budget Proposal

“Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not come yet. We only have today. Lets begin.” – Mother Teresa.  All of history has led up to the point where we find ourselves today. The “Land of the Free” has not lived up to

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4/11/13 Newsletter: We Launch in June

“Unjust laws exist: shall we be content to obey them, or shall we endeavor to amend them, and obey them until we have succeeded…”-Henry David Thoreau     GEAR UP CDP, WE LAUNCH IN JUNE!            Come

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Practicing Democracy

At Community Democracy Project meetings, we set a full agenda and share it with the group, augmenting where necessary. Each item on the Agenda gets a facilitator, that way we shift roles throughout the meeting. We start every meeting with

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4/4/13 Newsletter: Throw A Pebble…

    “Throw a pebble into the water and create ripples.” – Yoko Ohno“Good ideas are common – what’s uncommon are people who’ll work hard enough to bring them about.” – Ashleigh Brilliant Hello, CDPeeps!  How’s it going? FLASHBACK: I

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03/19/13 Newsletter: 100 likes

Dear CDP community! Thanks for helping us reach 100 likes on facebook this week! Our 100th ‘like’ came from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico–excitement for people-powered democracy is international, indeed! We’re feeling the buzz: you’ve been dropping by our meetings and we

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03/14/13 Newsletter: Connect, Learn, Organize

Our second Community Building gathering was a success =) *We had a good mix of folk, ranging from long-time CDP supporters and members to brand newbies. *We broke bread, shared personal stories, and learned about how the budget works. *We

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Brainstorming Visually

Visual thinking exercise to help warm our minds up for a good CDP meeting:

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03/4/13 Newsletter: Community Building

http://communitydemocracyproject.org/ From the Wikipedia article on Porto Allegre, Brazil: “The first full participatory budgeting process was developed in the city starting in 1989. Participatory budgeting was part of a number of innovative reform programs to overcome severe inequality in living standards amongst

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