Three stories in the past months: On democracy vouchers, news vouchers, and public advocates

2021 was a big year for the Democracy Policy Network. Let's keep up the momentum in 2022! (Plus: a DPN Deck of Cards you don't want to miss out on!)

Join past and present Public Advocates for a celebration of a transformative government engagement idea

A new policy kit on how states can establish a statutory right to restorative justice processes — and promote the development, cultivation, and expansion of restorative justice programs

How states can raise the age of incarceration and promote restorative justice alternatives for young people

If you know democratically-spirited, policy-minded folks interested in gathering, packaging, organizing, and amplifying transformative state policy, send them our way!

Join DPN in gathering, packaging, organizing, and amplifying state policy for opening up entrepreneurship to more people in more ways

If you are policy-minded, democratically-spirited, and looking for a way to help movement legislators champion transformative ideas, we would love to work with you

The first book from DPN Books has launched: on how bringing money into politics can drive money out of politics

The year's largest gathering of policy and strategy for deepening democracy in the states was a hit!

A policy and strategy summit for statehouse leaders working to deepen democracy

What Seattle's Democracy Vouchers program can teach us about the public funding of news

A new launch video, a Patreon, a state policy podcast, a network of legislators, fresh policy kits, and more!

New resources on how states can transform access to justice, voter voice, and public money

How states can use alternative voting methods — such as ranked choice, approval, score, and STAR voting, as well as multi-member districts — to better translate public will into electoral outcomes

A policy kit on how states should expand the civil right to counsel, establish Local Library Legal Offices, and widen the pathways to being a legal services provider.

A policy kit on how a publicly-owned digital wallets platform can make public administration more efficient, increase financial inclusion, and benefit local economies.

As a new year approaches, the movement in the states emerges

If you are policy minded, democratically spirited, and looking for a way to help movement legislators champion transformative ideas, we would love to work with you.

Tapping into a latent army of policy organizers

Transformative state policy for democratizing capital and campaign finance

A policy kit on how states can establish public banks to democratize capital, build resiliency, and better leverage state funds for public purposes

A policy kit on how states can establish a democracy voucher campaign finance system to fight corruption and increase participation

25 promising state policies

A new organization for raising up ideas for deepening democracy in the states