The Milledgeville Democracy Lab

06/12/2017

Congratulations to the 33 winners of the 2017 Knight Cities Challenge! This is Knight's third year running the challenge in our 26 communities.

03/22/2017

Are we trapped in a social media bubble of our own making?

Cass Sunstein, America's foremost legal scholar, says democracy has a Facebook problem.

10/24/2016

Knight Cities Challenge is still open! How would you use a share of up to $5 million to help your city attract talent, expand economic opportunity, or create a culture of civic engagement? http://kng.ht/kcc

What's your best idea to make cities more successful? knightcities.org

10/24/2016

MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. -- Baldwin High School students got a lesson in civic responsibility on Monday.Rachel Ray, a junior, and other students spent part of their mornings manning polling stations for the school's mock election.I'm seeing how important it is f

10/24/2016

Baldwin High School mock election is off to a great start this morning. Local TV stations are interviewing students and teachers about this Democracy Lab initiative.

09/29/2016

09/22/2016

Join us next week for a discussion led by our colleague Brittany Curry! Our discussion is entitled "Lowering Healthcare Costs and Still Getting the Help We Need." We will be providing lunch and an insightful discussion next Tuesday, September 27th, from 12:30-1:30 at the Collins P. Lee Center in Harrisburg. To RSVP and for more info, follow this link: https://www.nifi.org/en/events/lowering-healthcare-costs-and-still-getting-care-we-need.

Join us for lunch and a public deliberation around the topic How Do We Lower Healthcare Costs and Still Get the Care We Need? Read through the issue guide beforehand (link below to downloadable PDF) and come prepared to go through each of the 3 approaches. We want to know your personal stake and how...

09/22/2016

Democracy Lab colleague Abby LeRoy shared information about our work and engaged Georgia College students during Constitution Week Kickoff last Friday.

The Milledgeville Democracy Lab's booth

08/16/2016

As a 2016 Knight Cities Challenge winner, we encourage you to apply today. Help our cities attract and retain talent, increase economic opportunity and promote civic engagement.

Since the first challenge opened in 2014, almost 70 projects have shared in $10 million.

08/11/2016

The 2016 Baldwin County Voter's Guides are in, compiled by project partners Jan Clark and Liz Rodgers. Please download, print, or share!

08/05/2016

Check out our upcoming events:

August 12th 6p.m.-10p.m., Downtown Milledgeville
Activity and Information Station

September (TBD), Collins P. Lee Center
Deliberative Forum on Health Care and Health Care Costs
Facilitated by Brittany Curry

September 24th, Mary Vinson Library
Activity and Information Station

08/05/2016

This is the Baldwin County Community Engagement Survey given out during today's meeting. Feel free to print out additional copies if you wish to gather some data from the community. We're eager to know what the people think!