There’s no end to the creative ways for supporting democracy and making voting more pleasant, and DJs at the Polls is just one of many recent democracy innovations aiming to...
The League is expanding our capacity to help communities with democracy and civic engagement, with the addition of three familiar faces. Derek Okubo, a former staff and board member of...
It’s rare to hear about civic and democratic innovation in public budgeting. Often, the way in which regular capital and operational investment planning occurs tends to limit discussion to particular...
Voters in several states will see reform measures on this November’s ballot, including making voting more accessible, opening up primaries, expanding ranked-choice voting, and combinations of several reforms. At the...
The League is working with two cities on charter revision processes, Brookings, SD, and Mt. Vernon, NY. While both charters are quite different, the cities have a common interest in...
The National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation participated in the German Marshal Fund Cities Fortifying Democracy Forum from June 16-18 in Barcelona, Spain. The forum brought together experts from...
Last month, the National Civic League’s Center for Democracy Innovation and the Institute for Democratic Engagement & Accountability (IDEA) at the Ohio State University co-hosted the second annual Global Innovations...
Inequality has risen across advanced industrial democracies over several decades due to economic downturns, decreasing real wages, the restructuring of government services and finances, the rise of financial services combined...
The expertise of the League staff and senior fellows allows us to deliver the right civic assistance in the right way for communities. We would welcome the opportunity to speak...
