Solving our national democratic crisis has to begin at the local level, where the connection between participation and impact is most immediate.
Hollie Russon Gilman and Elena Souris
Hollie Russon Gilman is a fellow at New America and lecturer at Columbia University. She is the former White House Open Government and Innovation Advisor in the Obama Administration and author of Democracy Reinvented: Participatory Budgeting and Civic Innovation in America. Elena Souris is an intern with New America’s Political Reform program.