Participatory Budgeting Committee💲
Our participatory budgeting steering committee is all about putting budgeting decisions in the hands of young people. In this cohort, you’ll meet with a collective of young people to help determine how Next Up will spend a portion of our budget.
what is participatory budgeting
Participatory budgeting (PB) is a democratic process where community members allocate a portion of a budget with a binding vote. PB delegates real power over real money to community members to propose, develop, and vote on solutions.
Next Up launched our first internal participatory budgeting process in 2022 in order to have community members decide how to spend $10,000 of our yearly budget. Each year we relaunch this process and recruit a youth-led steering committee.
Duration
A 6 month cohort.
Location
Training and check-ins with Next Up will be held virtually. A cell phone or laptop will be needed to send emails, join meetings, and coordinate with teachers.
Compensation
$20 hour, part-time, limited duration
qualifications
You live, work, or go to school in Oregon
Passion for social justice, youth justice, and racial justice
Commitment to anti-racist, intersectional organizing
curriculum
Contribute to the creation, implementation, and facilitation of the yearly participatory budgeting process at Next Up
Learn and deepen your understanding of how budgets are created and serve our communities
Gain valuable skills like public speaking, negotiation, and facilitation.
deadline
Applications for 2023 are currently closed. Follow our social media to see how to participate in the rest of our participatory budgeting process.
