Seminar: Budget Justice (On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities) with Dr. Celina Su

​At this Metagov seminar, Dr. Celina Su will be joining us to discuss her new book, Budget Justice: On Building Grassroots Politics and Solidarities, which examines about 10 years of grassroots democratic governance work in NYC, including participatory budgeting experiments and her involvement with The People’s Plan. Dr. Su is the Marilyn J. Gittell Chair in Urban Studies and a Professor of Political Science, Environmental Psychology, and Urban Education at The CUNY Graduate Center City, New York.

This talk will be hosted by Metagov community member Ian Williams who attended Dr. Su's book launch event and was inspired to invite her to present to Metagov as it offers empirical examinations of on the ground community activism and democratic governance, links it to community organizations and campaigns in NYC, and offers a space to discuss how some of the work that Metagov is engaged with might be useful for existing campaigns and organizations. This talks is for anyone interested in democratic governance, community organizing, participatory budgeting, civic tech, urban politics, and social movements.

​More about Metagov Seminar: The Metagov Seminar invites individuals working in online governance to present their work to a community of other researchers and practitioners. Seminar topics include, but are not limited to, computational tools for governance, governance incidents and case studies from online communities, topics in cryptoeconomics, and the design of digital constitutions.

​​​​The seminar is intended for researchers and practitioners in online governance, broadly defined. We welcome guests and curious members of the public. Note that the discussion is moderated.