Growing Co-Governance for a Racially Just Chicago
At a time when democratic values, practices and institutions are under severe threat across the US, co-governance is understood in Chicago as a potentially powerful offensive tool to both build and deploy community-driven, co-governing power for a multiracial democracy.
Growing Co-governance for a Racially Just Chicago highlights how groups and organizers in Chicago are building shared decision-making partnerships with their local government leaders to address long-standing problems, while pushing those leaders to deliver on their stated commitments for racial equity when it matters most to residents—now.