Observed arrival · 2026-10-23
Democracy Table: 118 Ways to Participate
An interactive map of 118 forms of democratic participation, arranged by family and level of engagement.
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- People mapping civic participation, comparing American initiatives, or looking for gaps in existing services
- Worth noticing
- Its “What’s needed” mode checks two to five selected activities against listed initiatives and identifies combinations with no match.
Field notes
Its seven numbered rows run from “spark” through awareness, voice, participation, collective action, power, and institutions; two detached sections cover holding office or serving the state and workplace or shared-resource democracy. The initiative overlay distinguishes live efforts, past efforts, and proposals with filled dots, empty rings, and dashed rings, while the AI layer marks whether people remain essential, AI can assist, or output could largely be generated and checked.
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