Josh Lerner

@PeoplePowrd director, @PBProject founder, #MakingDemocracyFun author, @RJLunn partner. Tweets about participatory democracy, vegan eats, dad jokes. he/él

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

Logging in after a year to say that you can also now find me at @joshalerner.bsky.social

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

I’m stepping aside from this platform for now. You can find me at LinkedIn for professional news. https://t.co/pmZ6GJk7cS

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

So far I’ve mostly ignored Twitter’s highly effective campaign to alienate its users, but X is too much. I don’t want to stare at a logo of billionaire hubris, so taking this off my phone. 👋🏼

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

Leaving the office and signing off for vacation for a month! Made it to Inbox 2, which I think warrants at least a daily gelato in Italia and daily pretzel in Germany. 🍨 🇮🇹 🥨 🇩🇪

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

Democracy can be so much more than electing politicians. @hrgilman & Grace Levin highlight the latest innovations from around the world, in this excellent overview in @NextCityOrg. 💡 🌎
https://t.co/PIQ22lFYaQ

[David Sasaki @oso]

Every non-profit deserves at least 18 months of notice from a donor that stops funding. You can't recruit talent and plan ahead without it. I am a proud and loyal @OpenSociety alumnus, but @AlexanderSoros & @malloch_brown need to be better, less disruptive partners.

[People Powered @PeoplePowrd]

Hey #democracy lovers: Meet Reema Patel from @IpsosUK. She explains #DigitalDemocracy & why it's essential to involve all of us in decisions about issues like #AI! Read her exclusive #interview & #getinvolved. #DigitalRights #DigitalLife #DigitalFuture" https://t.co/XBcoTMgwYt

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

Just found a 3-yr old piece of bread in the cabinet - kinda reminds me of U.S. electoral democracy, but not as stale.

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

@TheOnion This perfectly captures how alive and well our electoral democracy is.

[The Participatory Budgeting Project @PBProject]

It's only TWO DAYS until our People's Budget 101 webinar! 🔥

Tune in as we break down People's Budgets and their connections to #participatorybudgeting and #budgetjustice with our outstanding panelists. ⚖️

RSVP to join us at 11am PT / 2pm ET: https://t.co/GLQA0lqqDt

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

👏🏼 Stellar work by ⁦@opencontracting⁩: A fully transparent platform to coordinate & track Ukraine’s reconstruction! Next step: Enable Ukrainians to also decide on reconstruction spending?

h/t ⁦@TAInitiative⁩ ⁦@GavinHayman_GW⁩ https://t.co/i5BV2YFRsN

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

Yeah, so I’m not sure we’re quite getting our priorities right…

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

Democratic innovations are great, but it’s time to move from pilot programs to long-term structural changes in how government works. This new report offers ideas and guidance👇🏼

[Center for Economic Democracy @Center4EconDem]

The Center for Economic Democracy is pleased to announce that our newest report, “Rewrite the Rules: Democratizing City Charters in Boston and Beyond”, is now live!

Download it today at https://t.co/jgHhtKw0Ib

[People Powered @PeoplePowrd]

⚡️ Today is the LAST day to apply for our Accelerators program⚡️

Be quick — we are close to selecting the 27 participants we will be funding & mentoring to implement #PartcipatoryDemocracy programs across the globe!

[Alexander - Sex Critical 🦢🦜 @etotheipie]

This is a statement from two of the people who wrote Florida's new education standards on slavery. In it they give several names of people to exemplify slaves who learned skills they applied later in life.

Let's go through the supposed truth of this list one by one.

[Working Families Party 🐺 @WorkingFamilies]

Ahem.

[Katy Rubin @KatyRubinTO]

Folks working in local or national govt: looking for support implementing a new Participatory Democracy program? Did you know that @PeoplePowrd offers mentorship in Legislative Theatre, Participatory Budgeting, Citizens Assemblies and more? 👇

[Josh Lerner @joshalerner]

TLDR: Cleveland politicians don’t think city residents can make good decisions about their lives.
@PB_Cleveland #ParticipatoryBudgeting
https://t.co/uMAorP7JyU

[People Powered @PeoplePowrd]

🎉 People Powered turns 3 today! 🎉 We celebrate another year of advancing #ParticipatoryDemocracy by releasing a special video featuring our passionate team and members worldwide.

Join the celebration by watching & sharing! ⬇️
https://t.co/UE3BDd6eQl

[Yen-Ting Hsu @yentinghsu]

Happy three years old @PeoplePowrd!!! Thank you for building inclusion and equity into the organizational culture. Always delighted whenever I have an opportunity to work with PP staff and other member organizations across the globe!! Looking forward to a more democratic future!