Press Releases
EUGENE — A first-of-its-kind Review Panel has completed the first phase of a public engagement process designed…
For Immediate Release August 12, 2020 Media Contact: Robin Teater, Executive Director Ph: 503-841-6865; Email: robin@healthydemocracy.org …
For Immediate Release June 30, 2020 Media Contact: Robin Teater, Executive Director Ph: 503-381-1196; Email: robin@healthydemocracy.org …
Media Contact: Robin Teater, Executive Director Ph: 503-381-1196, email: robin@healthydemocracy.org (Milwaukie, OR) — A diverse cross section…
Continue to Post Citizens Jury Panel Presents Recommendation on Milwaukie City Council Compensation
UPDATE: The Milwaukie Citizens Jury Selection Event – Sept. 11, 6PM, at Milwaukie City Hall – will…
The Milwaukie Citizens Jury on City Council Compensation will now take place Sat, Nov. 9 to Tues.,…
Continue to Post New Dates Announced: Milwaukie Citizens Jury on City Council Compensation
Due to a low response rate, Healthy Democracy and the City of Milwaukie have postponed the forthcoming…
Continue to Post Milwaukie Citizens Jury Postponed to Fall 2019
First-of-Its-Kind Citizen Panel Will be Selected to Study Milwaukie City Council Member Compensation
UPDATE: Due to a lower-than-typical response rate, we did not received sufficient replies to form a citizen…
The 2018 Portland metro area Citizens’ Initiative Review (CIR) panel has released its final Citizens’ Statement on…
Continue to Post Portland Metro-Area Citizen Panel Releases Statement on Measure 26-199
PORTLAND, Ore. — Healthy Democracy, a nonprofit nonpartisan organization that pioneered the Citizens’ Initiative Review, will be holding a…
Continue to Post Citizen Panel to be Selected to Review Metro Region Affordable Housing Bond Measure
From May 21st to 25th, 10th-grade students at La Follette High School in Madison will have the opportunity to dive deeper into a hotly debated current issue: whether the Madison School Board should renew its contract for educational resource officers (EROs) at district high schools.
Continue to Post Madison Students Investigate School Safety Through Deliberative Democracy
For the second time, the Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review has been named a Top 10 Innovations in American Government recipient by Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.
Continue to Post Oregon Citizens’ Initiative Review Named Top 10 Program by Harvard’s Ash Awards