ABOUT US

Who Is the Better Budget Alliance?

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The Better Budget Alliance is a grassroots coalition of community-based organizations in Boston working to increase democratic control over Boston’s public budget. Since the passage of participatory budgeting through a ballot initiative in Boston, the Better Budget Alliance has convened a dynamic team of community leaders, participatory budgeting experts, City Hall staff, City Council staff, and academic researchers to develop and create a sustainable and equitable city-wide participatory budgeting process.

The Better Budget Alliance includes:

Families for Justice as Healing, Right to the City Boston, Boston Ujima Project, Asian American Resource Workshop (AARW), New England United For Justice (NEU4J), Boston Teachers Union (BTU), UFCW Local 1445, Fenway Community Development Corporation, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative (DSNI), Youth Justice and Power Union (YJPU), Fields Corner Crossroads Collaborative, Chinese Progressive Association (CPA), Allston Brighton Health Collaborative, City Life/Vida Urbana (CLVU), Resource Generation, MassVOTE, Mass Voter Table, MA Solidarity Economy Network, Neighbors United for a Better East Boston (NUBE), JP Progressives, LivableStreets Alliance, Maverick Landing Community Service, Pilot Action Group, Boston Cyclists Union, Union Capital Boston, Mutual Aid Eastie, All Dorchester Sports and Leadership, East Boston Climate Action, Reclaim Roxbury, I Have a Future Boston, True Alliance, Boston Jobs Coalition, St. Stephen’s Youth Programs and we’re growing!

If your organization would like to join our coalition, learn more about becoming a partner.

BBA Steering Committee Members

Center for Economic Democracy

Families for Justice as Healing

Right to the City Boston

I Have A Future

National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women and Girls

Youth Justice & Power Union

Massachusetts Voter Table

Website & Content Contributors

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