Alma B. Couverthie
Alma B. Couverthié and Marianna Leavy-Sperounis are staff members of Lawrence CommunityWorks and instructors at the Poder Leadership Institute.
Vision 20/20
Springfield, Missouri
www.ci.springfield.mo.us/vision2020/index.html
Springfield’s Vision 20/20 program was a community-based planning process that involved residents in decision-making processes and encouraged citizens to view referenda as a...
Budgeting for Democracy
How one community is campaigning for greater resident control of public resources.