ASTC’s Civic Engagement & Policymaking Toolkit

Civic engagement and policymaking, when practiced through a Community Science lens, can improve the quality and sustainability of policy-related decisions, ensure those decisions center community priorities, and build the capacity of all interested parties to advance their goals, address problems, redress inequities, and plan for future challenges. This toolkit from ASTC serves as a guide…

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ASTC’s Dialogue & Deliberation Toolkit

Through Dialogue & Deliberation, individuals and organizations can delve into real issues impacting their communities and deepen mutual understanding to facilitate the development of collaborative solutions. This set of tools from ASTC helps to dig into issues at the intersection of science and society, providing guidance on bringing together groups of people who share common…

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ICBO Working Agreements by the NOISE Project

Independent Community-Based Organization Working Agreements based on the Jemez Principles for Democratic Organizing. An expression of the NOISE project’s fundamental commitment to working in a collaborative, fully inclusive, just, open, and respectful way.

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USA Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit

An online toolkit of five basic process steps for planning, designing, and carrying out a crowdsourcing or citizen science project. It also contains case studies, models, and other resources, including success stories and challenges that others have faced in projects.

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