The Democracy Collaborative

The Democracy Collaborative "focuses on the role community economic stability plays as an essential foundation of civic practice and democratic life." 


 * "The Democracy Collaborative aspires to address these democratic dilemmas in theoretical and practical ways. It brings together an international consortium of more than 20 of the world's leading academic centers and citizen engagement organizations, hosted and sponsored by the University of Maryland and the leadership of a group of eminent scholars with extensive civic and political experience in the real world. With funding and counsel from major philanthropic and civic institutions, The Democracy Collaborative is developing into a global, free-standing, nonprofit institute committed to strengthening democracy and civil society locally, nationally, and globally."

The principal initiators of The Democracy Collaborative include:
 * Gar Alperovitz
 * Benjamin R. Barber
 * Stephen Elkin
 * William A. Galston
 * Jessica Gordon
 * Virginia Hodgkinson
 * Gary LaFree
 * Linda Williams

Funding
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 * Carnegie Corporation of New York
 * Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
 * Ford Foundation
 * William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
 * John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * University of Maryland

Staff & Other Leaders
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 * Ted L. Howard - Executive Director
 * James V. Riker - Associate Director
 * Margaret Morgan-Hubbard - Associate Director
 * Sondra Myers - Senior Associate
 * Szilvia Rohoska - Faculty Research Assistant
 * Alex Campbell - Faculty Research Assistant

Contact

 * Web: http://democracycollaborative.org

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