#ReclaimMLK: The People Voted To Reduce OPD Funds, And Invest In Housing And Workforce Development

The Community Democracy Project is an all-volunteer campaign working to turn the power structure right-side up by putting the budget in the hands of the people.

On January 18, 2017, in response toĀ the Anti Police-Terror Project’s call to #ReclaimMLK with 120 hours of direct action, the Community Democracy Project hosted a People’s Budget Assembly. A group of about 35 folks came together to learn about the current city budget and then submitted their own proposals.

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Everyone's suggestedĀ allocations were averaged out to create THE PEOPLE’S BUDGET (see the column on the right)

We did this exercise to help everyone envision a world in which people got together to make their city and the world a better place.

One lesson learned: a lot of us weren't entirely sureĀ about what these city departments actually do. To remedy this, we decided that every month, we’ll host a People’s Budget Assembly to educate ourselves and others. Hope to see you then! Subscribe to our Facebook Events Page to stay tuned.Ā 

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