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The Kamaʻāina Creatives Tackling Climate Change with Lived Experience

The Kamaʻāina Creatives Tackling Climate Change with Lived Experience

LUMIN/AERY is a new, experimental venture studio designed to invest in Hawai‘i creative talent.
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Ben Wrobel
Can Real Participation Save Liberal Democracy?

Can Real Participation Save Liberal Democracy?

A series exploring ideas for re-engaging citizens in the democratic process
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Letting Go
Excerpt: A Moment of Reckoning

Excerpt: A Moment of Reckoning

An excerpt from “Letting Go”, by Ben Wrobel and Meg Massey
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Letting Go
The Seeds of My Foundation

The Seeds of My Foundation

What does it mean to engage in social good if only a few voices get to define and engage in the work?
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Want to fund pro-choice activism in Texas? Look to Poland’s participatory pioneer.

Want to fund pro-choice activism in Texas? Look to Poland’s participatory pioneer.

For more than 13 million women in Texas, access to safe reproductive health care lies in the hands of just a few (mostly male) appointed…
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Letting Go
Public engagement can help bring us back from the brink

Public engagement can help bring us back from the brink

Local governments have a unique opportunity to strengthen our democracy every single day by involving citizenry in a meaningful way.
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Letting Go
Restoring Democracy: Policy Juries

Restoring Democracy: Policy Juries

In an era of “alternative facts,” policy juries can take conversations out of a hyper-partisan frame
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Letting Go
Restoring Democracy: Legislative Theater

Restoring Democracy: Legislative Theater

Can theater increase citizens’ voice and power to influence their government?
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Letting Go
Restoring Democracy: Participatory Budgeting

Restoring Democracy: Participatory Budgeting

Participatory budgeting can give people real agency over how their government spends its budget.
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Letting Go
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